Powder brown tang question
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jdthomas24
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+1 ^^^ The first few days to a week seem the most important with the powder tangs. when problems occur in the tank after they have been there awhile they will be the first to show signs of stress.
Whisperer
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I have a powder brown for a long time. Got him from a local Petco and he battled ich for weeks, lost a lot of weight but kept on eating nori. I never treated him and he recovered on is own. He is a very slow grower, very active and always in a scuffle with my scopas. No one gets injured.
Here's a very old pic. Lost the hippo tang recently, IDK but he just stopped eating and died after over 6 weeks of starvation.
Here's a very old pic. Lost the hippo tang recently, IDK but he just stopped eating and died after over 6 weeks of starvation.
Tuscaquatics
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My opinion is that they're much harder to keep than other fish, and other tangs. They are ich magnets. And they get really easily stressed. If you do get one, follow Chris' advice and QT the heck out of that guy. Trust me. I brought one in that killed my whole tank and so did a buddy of mine.
dcombs44
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You had 1 person say they were easy to keep and a half dozen say they're not. Be sure not to just listen to what you want to hear.
Powder Browns are about my favorite fish, but I'd never put one in a tank smaller than 5 feet and had been established for a year or better.
Google Powder Brown Tang Care, and I'm guessing you'll get a consensus that they are pretty finicky.
IPowderBlueTang
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I will also express they are ich magnets, even after 4 weeks in QT, I put the fish in my DT and it infect all the other fish. Had to QT all my fish and it end up dying the third time it got ich again.
Chris27
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A fish will not get Crypt if the proper precautions are taken to eradicate the parasite from the display. The folks that say Powder Browns are very difficult to keep are also the same folks that just threw the fish in their tank without a proper QT regimen.
Crypt won't live through QT if QT is done properly, active treatment is necessary, not just a "watch the fish for white spots treatment," copper, hypo, formalin, pick your crack....if properly QT'ed just about every fish is easy to keep.
Crypt won't live through QT if QT is done properly, active treatment is necessary, not just a "watch the fish for white spots treatment," copper, hypo, formalin, pick your crack....if properly QT'ed just about every fish is easy to keep.
Re: Powder brown tang question
Not really.nrbelk said:
padova335i
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totally agree/// fish cant get ich, they come with it!
Pet Detective
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I would tend to agree with Chris here, I won't deny they are susceptible to Ich, but all surgeon fish are, that being said, acclimating them & getting them to eat, is really no more difficult than most fish, certainly easier than Butterfly fish or Regal Angels which in my experience (20+yrs saltwater) have been the hardest to keep & sustain, with Tangs, my experience has been that if you purchase a healthy specimen, meaning, not already on it's way out, then chances are very good they will adapt & thrive, I have kept Achilles tangs for almost 17 years now & my current one is over 10 years old, they were one of the more difficult Tangs to acclimate but can & will thrive in the home aquarium of the proper size. I think to answer your question about research is to say, it's NEVER a bad thing to do, but in this case forums like these would probably provide better information on the do's & don'ts of keeping Powder Tangs & if you QT the fish properly, you should be able to sustain one.
1 last word of advice on getting new fish to eat, LIVE BRINE SHRIMP! I have yet to have a fish that survived not eat brine, in fact, I'm quite sure it has allowed me to keep fish that otherwise would have perished from starvation, once you get them used to eating, typically they will eat whatever else you put in there for them & all Tangs need & love Nori, but won't necessarily start off by eating this from a clip. Good Luck on whatever you decide.
Of course a fish will be ich free if the parasite is absent :lol: However, there are lots of tanks out there that their owner may believe to be ich free that prove otherwise upon the introduction of a properly quarantined PB (or achilles). Powders and Achilles also can present some feeding issues, so it's not just ich susceptibility that designates them as more difficult.
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