powder blue tang tips

[Aide]

Tomorrow I am headed to pick up a powder blue tang that I had quarantined and treated by my lfs. Wondering if anyone had any tips and tricks to keeping these guys alive and eating, without disease.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Tomorrow I am headed to pick up a powder blue tang that I had quarantined and treated by my lfs. Wondering if anyone had any tips and tricks to keeping these guys alive and eating, without disease.

They are susceptible o ich as is the achilles tang. Acclimation will be important Quarantine would be ideal. As I did with mine, I introduced it right to the display tank and added Ruby Rally Pro which is reef safe and have had no issues. Diet is also very important. Feed:

-Spirulina brine shrimp
- LRS Herbivore diet
- mysis shrimp
- small plankton
- Nori seaweed basted with garlic extract
- Hikari Marine cuisine
- Formula 2 flake and frozen
- Hikari veggie marine

Add selcon vitamins to the foods 2-3X per week and on alternating days, garlic extract for stamina and immunity health

 

[Aide]

great thanks for the response is ruby rally pro kinda like polyp lab reef medic. wondering because thats what ive had sucess with.

 

[DrMMI]

If you can quarantine, I would. I bought two powder blues in May. I gave one away and kept the other and quarantined it. Mine is doing great and the other one mysteriously disappeared in the other guys tank. They're very sensitive fish.