Well, the LFS had a half dozen TINY blue tangs. My wife fell in love and we purchased one. This thing couldn't be any larger than a nickle. Is there anything special that I need to be concerned about? It eats like a pirana and won't leave my True Perc or my High Fin Red Banded Goby alone. It is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.
Tiny Blue Tang
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It is in my 20L hospital/QT tank for the next 6 weeks. We purchased the True perc at the same time. The goby was purchased a week earlier. Couldn't be any more than 4-5 inches of fish in the tank. I am finished with the purchasing part. Just trying to keep these guys in good health. I am using the water from the main tank to do 5G water changes every 3-4 days.
DaltonJames
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i would do water change ever six days but thats what i do for my 55gallon yours might be diff
AZDesertRat
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I had one that started out smaller than my thumb nail and was 13 years old when I sold my old 90G fish only tank. It was a pig! He lived the first 3 years or so in a 20H reef but got so big I had to destroy the tank to get him out to put in the 90.
Because of the scale to these little guys, you have to take a new perspective sometimes. Overflows and powerheads could be issues. I had to keep peeling my little BT off the intake of a Tunze Stream because he didn't have the strength to lift himself off if he got too close.
They're funny little fish, and funny big fish too when they grow up.
They're funny little fish, and funny big fish too when they grow up.
poppin_fresh
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They are cute as heck! I bought one that I was sure was going to die in QT. I managed to nurture him back to decent health for over a month. I placed him in the display and two days later I found him stuck to my Tunze. I was soooo bummed!
Ledford1, I wish I was around when mine got stuck.
Ledford1, I wish I was around when mine got stuck.
onecrzyboi4u
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could u post a picture?
DaltonJames
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i want to see a pic
steri
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I bought mine when he was that small. In 3 months, he's now 4 inches. Ya, they grow fast. I was told to feed him twice a day when they are that little. I also picked up a UV sterilizer in case I had to deal with ick. I did. he got ick in the first 2 weeks of me having him.
Just have some plan in mind to deal with ick, whether it's a QT, or a UV, or something. With a tang that little, and it being a blue tang, the chances for disease go up IMO.
They are cute little guys that eat like pigs!
Just have some plan in mind to deal with ick, whether it's a QT, or a UV, or something. With a tang that little, and it being a blue tang, the chances for disease go up IMO.
They are cute little guys that eat like pigs!
Sounds like you have 4 fish in your QT right now ... pay close attention to ammonia levels .. your goal is to keep those at zero even if that means multiple daily water changes ... do whatever it takes. The numerous threads discussing small water changes really apply to show tanks and don't count when working with a QT.
An inexpensive Seachem ammonia alert badge does a pretty good job of monitoring ammonia levels and may save you from having to do a zillion ammonia tests.
In the future you really don't want to QT more than one or two fish at a time unless its an emergency. More fish in the QT creates more stress and mainting water quality gets tougher. More importantly different diseases require different medication and some medications are incompatible ... the more fish the greater the likelihood of having more than one disease.
Hope this helps ... good luck.
Michelle L
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Where are you seeing the 4th fish? The tang, a perc, and the goby is all I see...
i have mostly very small fish in my 30 gal. tank ,what i do usually is i wap plastic mesh around the intake of my filter and wrap it with the plastic ties (you can find them at home depot. you can tighten it as much and then cut the rest---plastic clippers). give hi diffrent foods ,flakes,pellets frozen and always hang a piece seaweed too. they are good eaters. good luck. jakleen
pmartin727
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Let me know how it goes I'd love to see a pic
In general tangs don't do well with copper ... hypo-salinity is a safer and arguably better treatment. If you are forced to use copper Seachems Cupramine is touted as the safest for copper sensitive fish.
When using any copper make sure you are using a good test kit that works for the particular copper you have selected (not all copper is the same .. same goes for test kits) Too much copper will harm the fish .. too little won't have any impact on the ich. You should also note that copper only works when its in the water column and many coppers tend to come out of solution over time so constant testing is required.
When using any copper make sure you are using a good test kit that works for the particular copper you have selected (not all copper is the same .. same goes for test kits) Too much copper will harm the fish .. too little won't have any impact on the ich. You should also note that copper only works when its in the water column and many coppers tend to come out of solution over time so constant testing is required.
oct2274
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the ich may disappear only to reappear withing a week much worse, if this happens start lowering your salinity level asap to hypo. remember to run some carbon to take out the copper when you hypo. You won't want to do both copper and hypo, that would seriously stress the fish and most can't take that type of treatment.
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