keeping my tank at a even temp

[autococker3]

let me start from the beginning. i bought some tangs and i keep having problems with ich. they are the only fish that end up with it. i tryed al the stops and ne prevale. i was also told that if there is a temp drop they can also get ich. i think this is my problem. my house gets cold at night due to my daughters asthma. we keep it around 60 upstairs when sleeping and down stairs its arond 50. yes cold i no. i have no choice. what i want to no is there a way i can maybe set up 2 heaters or another wat to keep the temp at a steady temp. i have a 300 heater. not sure of brand of hand. i have a 75g with a 30g fuge.

 

[spleify]

[welcome]

Yes you can add another heater, maybe try two, 400W heaters instead of the one, 300W. You get get a controller for it too, a lot of folks like the Ranco controlers.

Lastly, when you said you added "some tangs" to your tank, what does that mean? You mention that you only have a 75 gallon tank, so I was just curious what "some tangs" meant.

 

[Chris27]

QT'ing all the fish and leaving the DT fallow for a few weeks will clear up your problem quickly. Eradicating the parasite from your DT is the only true way to ensure the fish in there never succumb to it again.

 

[Mike321]

i have about the same water volume as you and i have 550 watts of heat. My room gets down to around 60 at the lowest and my temp stays right a 80 degrees. i would just add another heater. you want around 5 watts per gallon, maybe more since your room gets so cold.

 

[autococker3]

Lastly, when you said you added "some tangs" to your tank, what does that mean? You mention that you only have a 75 gallon tank, so I was just curious what "some tangs" meant.[/QUOTE]

i only added two tangs to the tank.

 

[autococker3]

QT'ing all the fish and leaving the DT fallow for a few weeks will clear up your problem quickly. Eradicating the parasite from your DT is the only true way to ensure the fish in there never succumb to it again.

i was told that the cause of the parasites where also due to temp change.

 

[autococker3]

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Yes you can add another heater, maybe try two, 400W heaters instead of the one, 300W. You get get a controller for it too, a lot of folks like the Ranco controlers.

Lastly, when you said you added "some tangs" to your tank, what does that mean? You mention that you only have a 75 gallon tank, so I was just curious what "some tangs" meant.

where do you get the ranco controller from. and how does it work with two heaters. it actually controlls the two heaters simotaniosly. if that is spelled rite:spin1r is it a heater in itself. if so what size controller do i get.

 

[NirvanaFan]

Before adding more heaters to the tank, how low does the temperature get? What is the normal high during the day?

 

[autococker3]

its at 79 during the day and in morning it gets and 73 to 74

 

[Chris27]

i was told that the cause of the parasites where also due to temp change.

A temp change may have made the fish more susceptible to the parasite, but I assure you that the temp change didn't cause it.

Eradication is key, if you remove the parasite from your system, temp changes, stray voltage, bad water or stress won't ever make it reappear, because it's not in there.

 

[autococker3]

what type of meds do you rec. its a reef tank also. and why does it seem to only effect the tangs and no other fish

 

[mike_dani]

Re: keeping my tank at a even temp

Don't flame me I am adding only my peronal experiance with Tangshan and ich.

I have two large tanga one yellow and one D. Sailfin. I have found that even with a 45 day quarintine, I would still get ich in a virgin tank. I also belive that tangs just carry the parisite. What I have some is keep my mixed reef at 75 degrees and do a weekly dose of fish zoole 500 mil of metro per 20 gallons of water. With this I can go on record that mow it has been 3 months and have seen no ich on my fish.

This what works for me might work for you might not, I can say that my sps, lps and softies are doing great.

 

[Lightsluvr]

What I have some is keep my mixed reef at 75 degrees and do a weekly dose of fish zoole 500 mil of metro per 20 gallons of water. With this I can go on record that mow it has been 3 months and have seen no ich on my fish.

What is "metro" ???

LL

 

[NorthCoralNewB]

I would recommend to 200W heater place evenly apart from each other. Not only will this ensure and even distribution of heat, but if for any reason one heater where to die on you the other would act as a back up although it might not be enough to ensure no fluctuations.

Hope this helps.

Also your tank is too small for two tangs.

Also what is your salinity as this may play part of your ich issue

 

[Toddrtrex]

What type of tangs are they?

I would be shocked if the temp swing is causing the ick. While I currently don't have any tangs, back when I did they never had ick, and my temps swung 6* daily.

 

[autococker3]

I would recommend to 200W heater place evenly apart from each other. Not only will this ensure and even distribution of heat, but if for any reason one heater where to die on you the other would act as a back up although it might not be enough to ensure no fluctuations.

Hope this helps.

Also your tank is too small for two tangs.

Also what is your salinity as this may play part of your ich issue

so you are saying that a 75g tank is to small for two tangs:hmm3:

 

[Toddrtrex]

so you are saying that a 75g tank is to small for two tangs:hmm3:

I do believe he is, along with several others (( myself included )) in this thread.

 

[autococker3]

What type of tangs are they?

I would be shocked if the temp swing is causing the ick. While I currently don't have any tangs, back when I did they never had ick, and my temps swung 6* daily.

yellow and a hippo tang. only tangs get the ih. i have had about six of them with in 2 years and no success

 

[autococker3]

I do believe he is, along with several others (( myself included )) in this thread.

welcome to the to small forum lol:lol:

 

[Toddrtrex]

yellow and a hippo tang. only tangs get the ih. i have had about six of them with in 2 years and no success

A yellow is borderline for a 75, but IMO, a hippo will get way to big for a 75.

Losing 6 tangs in 2 years is pretty bad, can you give more info about your tank -- filtration, other fish in the tank, water parameters, etc. Also, are you QTing them? Lastly, do you know why the other 6 died?