QT 3 juvenile Achilles tangs

hermesfansf · Jan 18, 2013

I finally bought 3 juvenile AT for my 400 gallon tank. They arrived 3 days ago. They are around 3 inches, and definitely beautiful. I QT them in my 40 gallon tank that is full of algae and has a lot of live rocks. All the algea were gone in day 2. I tried to feed them with pellets, but the effort was fruitless. Then, I fed them with OVA and nori, 2 of them ate some. I noticed that one of them is being bullied and cornered by another smaller AT, whereas the third AT does not disturb others and constantly swim around the LR. I did not see any ICH outbreak on them yet, but I am sure they all have ICH. I will like to find out out if your guys treat your AT with prazipro prior cupramine or vice versa.

BfishLpond78 · Jan 18, 2013

Well I have no experience with AT's, but I have used cupramine with great success on my purple tang and a few others. I will ask a friend who has a few AT's what he uses.

Congrats on the new fish.

sent from never never land...

BfishLpond78 · Jan 18, 2013

Wow, I totally read that wrong, i thought you were asking which to go with. Please ignore teh first part of the post.

Again congrats on the new fish... :tongue:

ShannPeach · Jan 18, 2013

You can cupramine the tank, and then put the prazipro on any food you can get them to eat. Then you don't have to worry about the order. The problem is, they have to be eating something... have you tried flakes like Formula Two?

Perhaps put up an eggcrate separater to keep the bullied one safe from the bully but still able to be seen? That way they can all be a bit more comfortable and therefore more likely to eat.

seafansar · Jan 18, 2013

I would separate them and add some dither fish to see if that will spark any interest to eat. Personally, I would just treat with prazipro and wait and see if they ever show any signs of ich before treating them. The main issue right now is to get them eating and worry about diseases if they show up.

Scoly · Jan 18, 2013

Tagging along! Hope all goes well! Awesome fish!

hermesfansf · Jan 18, 2013

This morning i fed them with nori and mysis shrimp. 2 AT ate some, the one that is being bullied did not. I am going to wait and see until tomorrow. If the situation still persists, I would definitely separate them.

jaa1456 · Jan 18, 2013

I would use the egg rate, I have used it in the past and it works well, by the time they go to the DT all the aggression should be about done. I had a purple and yellow tang that were fighting like crazy in QT, used the egg crate and once in the DT there were no signs of aggression. Doing the same right now with 3 dwarf angels, a flame on one side and a Juvi lemon peel and African Flameback on the other. The flame was being very aggresive. I would try a few pellets every day, my Achilles to to pellets the first day and it was in the Lfs for a week before I got it.