Powder blue tang compatibility
- Thread starter lance1337
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looks incredible.how did you deal with the ich??I always have PBT in my tank. I think they are the most beautiful of the tangs. They are aggressive but not much more than Purple or Yellow. With all tangs, I always feed by broadcast food in the current and the food go everywhere. I have two or three feeding station where I feed Nori. When I feed them clam/oyster on the half shells, I always added two at opposite of the tank.
I don't find tangs hard to keep, especially PBT, but then I am a veteran reefkeeper of 30+ years.
Below are pictures and video of my PBT. I got him when he was just about 2-2.5 inches, emaciated and full of Ich. Only slightly larger than a mid size Flame angel. He was in a 65 gal and grew to 5-6 inches in 11 months (actually 10 months and 3 weeks. I moved him to my 320 DT about 3 weeks ago.
You won't have problem adding a PBT in your tank. You can also add another tang in addition to the PBT. I would add the PBT last of the tangs. Keep a mirror handy, it will have the new tangs settle by divert attention of any aggressive fish.
Video of my small PBT
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Picture of my emaciated PBT on 4/22/2018
Picture of my PBT now in a 320 DT on 3/15/2019
OrionN
Moved on
Ich just fizzle out and resolve when I added to my tank. Not a problem. IMO, nothing to back this up scientifically, a diverse healthy live sand bed will consume Ich tomites when they drop off the fish, interrupted Ich cycle. I NEVER have problem with ich in my tank, even when I add a fish full of Ich into it.
Salty Waffles
New member
Interesting. I've been wondering about this myself.
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