tangs need help
- Thread starter ramdude
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EllieSuz
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We will need more information to help you. How big is your tank? What is your current stock list? It's true that Tangs are more prone to Ich than many other species. Before you buy a Tang, it's a good idea to set up a quarantine tank. There are many threads on Reef Central regarding quarantine procedures. It's the only way to prevent new fish from infecting existing ones.
FishAddict87
New member
Do you QT? If you have a tank that is a proper size for tangs and you QT properly then you should be fine. just make sure you have the right tank size for the particular tang you want and appropriately QT all your fish. chances of diseases are slim when you take necessary precautions
ramdude
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size is 180, nothing at all in the tank. cycle stage right now.
yes QT is 10 gallon. I have just heard many horror stories about them.
rajkovich207
New member
I would let your tank mature for some time before you add any tang, they like to graze off the rock all day and with out a constant food source they will more than likely just live and not thrive. also unless the tang is very small 10g wont due for a QT I would go with something around 20 gallons for a small tang but 40 would be best.
Dr Colliebreath
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Your tang should be pretty much the last fish in the tank (other than triggers, etc.) as they can be very aggressive to subsequently-introduced fish.
Make sure to quarantine all fish that you put in the tank, and then get your tang, quarantine it and put it in the tank. You want to ensure that there is no ich in the tank when the tang gets there.
Make sure to quarantine all fish that you put in the tank, and then get your tang, quarantine it and put it in the tank. You want to ensure that there is no ich in the tank when the tang gets there.
There is a sticky on tank transfer as a way of prophylactically avoiding ich (cryptocaryon irritans). Please read this here.
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MrTuskfish
Team RC
Tangs don't cause ich, only ich causes ich. Although tangs are very ich-prone, any fish can bring it into your tank. Please don't let your decision to use a QT on all fish be determined by the fact that tangs may be ich-prone. Ich is fairly easy to spot and cure in a QT and you will encounter it sooner or later---with or without tangs. BTW, a 10 gal QT may be a bit small for the fish you want for your 180. Tangs are beautiful, hardy fish; nothing to be afraid of----if you use a proper QT regimen.
ramdude
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I'm going to let the tank sit for a few months before anything goes into it, All I put in there is just a mushroom from my smaller tank.
I have some liverock from my other tank, I want to transfer into the new tank. the rock has been in there for 2 years so I dont have to worry about it being cured. thats a plus.
does anyone know why tangs are prone to ich compared to other fish ?
thanks for all the help so far.
I have some liverock from my other tank, I want to transfer into the new tank. the rock has been in there for 2 years so I dont have to worry about it being cured. thats a plus.
does anyone know why tangs are prone to ich compared to other fish ?
thanks for all the help so far.
MrTuskfish
Team RC
They have a very thin slime coat to protect them from the parasites. Many fish, like mandarins, are bottom dwellers and need more protection from the parasites that emerge from the bottom. Tangs, and many other fish, don't spend as much time in the heavily parasite-infested bottom reef areas and don't need the thick slime coat. BTW, ich is not a problem for wild fish on the reef; the confines of our small systems just concentration the parasites. With proper QT procedures, ich doesn't have to be a problem. Its a shame we lose so many fish to a very preventable and curable parasite. (And spend so much time on the forum with it.)
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