floridabromo
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So I have a yellow tang and it has done perfectly fine for a few weeks now so I am looking to get a second tang.. what would be a good tang that would be fine with a yellow tang?
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floridabromo
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I have a 180 Gallon tank
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floridabromo
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Currently have a pair of lightning maroon clowns, coral beauty, 2 pj cardinals, and a yellow tang. I have 2 anemones, a rainbow urchin, harlequin shrimp, and 2 peppermint shrimp and a bunch of snails and hermit crabs.. and then I just have a bunch of corals
4FordFamily
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If you don't quarantine, your odds are best avoiding acanthurus genus tangs. You could try bristletooth tangs like Kole
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floridabromo
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I have a 55G that I use for quadantine
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
Have all your fish been treated as if they have ich or velvet? If you've treated them all in therapeutic levels of copper or CP for 30 days, you could try an acanthurus tang!
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floridabromo
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Yeah, I treat them all before I put them into my tanks now 
Would a powder blue tang be an option at all?
Would a powder blue tang be an option at all?
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floridabromo
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Nevermind, I googled and answered my own question 
Out of all of the Acanthurus which would you recommend for more of an easier to care for?
Out of all of the Acanthurus which would you recommend for more of an easier to care for?
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
Orange shoulder is one of the hardier acanthurus tangs!Nevermind, I googled and answered my own question
Out of all of the Acanthurus which would you recommend for more of an easier to care for?
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
If you've properly treated all fish, a powder blue way work out fine -- they're just very aggressive and likely to bully anything and everything you add later (especially tangs, butterflies, and sometimes angels).
If you slipped up anywhere, you'll know really fast with a powder blue! I call it the "ich gauge".
If you slipped up anywhere, you'll know really fast with a powder blue! I call it the "ich gauge".
eatbreakfast
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I have found mimic tangs to be relatively hardy and pretty peaceful for Acanthurus tangs.Nevermind, I googled and answered my own question
Out of all of the Acanthurus which would you recommend for more of an easier to care for?
eatbreakfast
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I recommend treating for velvet. Copper treats both ich and velvet.
citymouse
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How long should they be quarantined? I'm kind of new to this, I've had the same saltwater fish for a long time but I am now just adding more fish, I don't want to add them to my established tank without quarantining them first, I'm working on setting up a 20g tank to use for this. In the past I've just added the new fish and so far so good..no issues, but I know that's not ideal.
eatbreakfast
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https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-dos-and-don’ts-of-quarantine.203898/
Qt is recommended, but to be effective you would need to treat the fish you already have as well.
eatbreakfast
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A fallow tank is where there absolutely no fish in the system for a specific period of time (76 days if memory serves me right), to allow the life cycle of fish parasites to run their course without a host so that they die off.
joeyhatch11
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Lavender Tang would be nice too
