So I know that this is probably one of those questions that gets posted all the time but I have never seen it yet. I have gone through several tangs in the last couple months. Everyone seems to die of the same thing. They all eat for a couple days, quit eating, then start breathing heavily, and die about 2 days later. Are tangs just that finiky or could it be something else? I have a couple small fish in my reef and they are happy and fine, and my water is perfect (according to the LFS). Corals are happy. I'm beginning to think that when it comes to tangs I am cursed!!!
I'm cursed!!!!!
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donfishy76
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well how big is your tank? what are you feeding the tangs? what are the other fish in your tank?
davidcalgary29
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You know what's coming next if you're attempting to keep tangs in a 58g tank. 
Seriously, without water params, photographs, or a tang necropsy, it'll be almost impossible to identify the source of your problems. If you're confident that the source is neither protozoal nor related to water quality, I'd buy from another LFS (or online).
Seriously, without water params, photographs, or a tang necropsy, it'll be almost impossible to identify the source of your problems. If you're confident that the source is neither protozoal nor related to water quality, I'd buy from another LFS (or online).
Holmie_D_Klown
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Re: I'm cursed!!!!!
Either:
1. Your tank parameters are not perfect.
2. You have not acclimated the fish correctly
I recommend you check the parameters yourself. Don't trust a LFS that lets you buy the same fish with the same results multiple times without trying to figure out the reason your fish are dying. There IS a reason
Either:
1. Your tank parameters are not perfect.
2. You have not acclimated the fish correctly
I recommend you check the parameters yourself. Don't trust a LFS that lets you buy the same fish with the same results multiple times without trying to figure out the reason your fish are dying. There IS a reason
Hmm, I am by no means a tang expert, but if they are breathing heavily before they die that sounds to me like some sort of disease or something, rather than an issue with starvation. I would think it would take them a while to die of starvation, and you would notice them getting skinnier and skinnier. Tangs are in general a fragile fish, especially the yellows. Are you getting the same species every time? And are you buying them from the same place? Maybe the place you are buying them from gets them from a bad source and they have been exposed to cyanide or other bad things. Maybe your acclimation process is somehow effecting them. Its also possible that there is some contaminant in your tank that the tangs are more susceptible to than your other fish. My recommendation right now would be to list more specifics about your system and the circumstances surrounding the deaths, so hopefully someone can help pinpoint the cause. Right now anything would be speculation. Good luck
CeeGee
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do you have any other fish?
it does kinda sound like some sort of parasite or disease if they all do the same thing.
Have you tested for ammonia during the first couple of days? That sounds like about the right amount of time for the ammonia to start getting high after adding a fish and then it killing them. Everything would be cool for a couple of days until the ammonia built up enough.
it does kinda sound like some sort of parasite or disease if they all do the same thing.
Have you tested for ammonia during the first couple of days? That sounds like about the right amount of time for the ammonia to start getting high after adding a fish and then it killing them. Everything would be cool for a couple of days until the ammonia built up enough.
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