Tangsssss!

[Garland Goodwill]

Hi guys, my tank is empty right now and I want to buy more tangs. Currently, i have a powder blue tang in my sump which i move it there from the display tank about 2 months ago. I had move it to the sump is because it is a bully to other tangs. If i want to add more tangs like a clown tang, should i move the powderblue when the clowntang is in the main display?

 

[Petcrazyson]

Hi guys, my tank is empty right now and I want to buy more tangs. Currently, i have a powder blue tang in my sump which i move it there from the display tank about 2 months ago. I had move it to the sump is because it is a bully to other tangs. If i want to add more tangs like a clown tang, should i move the powderblue when the clowntang is in the main display?

How big is yiur tank?

 

[Garland Goodwill]

about 210 gallon in the main display and 50 in the sump

 

[Petcrazyson]

about 210 gallon in the main display and 50 in the sump

What other tangs do you have? That clown tang could get much more aggressive than that PBT and outgrow that tank quicker. It’s a pretty little sucker.

 

[Garland Goodwill]

What other tangs do you have? That clown tang could get much more aggressive than that PBT and outgrow that tank quicker. It’s a pretty little sucker.

nothing, just a powder blue in the sump

 

[Petcrazyson]

nothing, just a powder blue in the sump

I meant in the DT lol

 

[Garland Goodwill]

I meant in the DT lol

yes nothing there all died due to prazi threatment i guess
dk how didnt the pb die

 

[Tamberav]

How did prazi kill all your tangs? Something doesn’t seem right.

Clown tang are mean and large. I wouldn’t do it. It’s probably going to murder whatever comes after it.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Maybe you could add them at the same time? Idk personally I wouldn’t add a clown tang with a PBT. Just watch for aggression. If things start getting a little out of hand it would be your choice to choose between the two. If the two do manage to get on, other tang and fish additions in general are very limited.

 

[Petcrazyson]

How did prazi kill all your tangs

Thats what I want to know

 

[Garland Goodwill]

Maybe you could add them at the same time? Idk personally I wouldn’t add a clown tang with a PBT. Just watch for aggression. If things start getting a little out of hand it would be your choice to choose between the two. If the two do manage to get on, other tang and fish additions in general are very limited.

oh ok i'm thinking of adding multiple tangs together at once

 

[Garland Goodwill]

Thats what I want to know

i actually dont have a clue
i notice my naso have black spots and someone here said its flukes and i treat it with prazi.
but all my fish die day after day and only my powderblue survived in the sump

 

[Tamberav]

i actually dont have a clue
i notice my naso have black spots and someone here said its flukes and i treat it with prazi.
but all my fish die day after day and only my powderblue survived in the sump

It probably was not flukes being you lost so many. Also most flukes can not be seen with the naked eye. The powder may still be carrying some disease in the gills or such. If you add more fish, they may all die if you don’t remove the powder, treat it, and let the tank sit without fish for 45 days at 81 min to starve the parasites out.

Since the powder is alive, maybe ich. I would think velvet wouldn’t have left it alive. Just a guess.

Adding fish to this tank without proper quarantine, especially a bunch of feisty tangs, is probably a costly mistake. You may lose everything again. Just warning you.

 

[Petcrazyson]

let the tank sit without fish for 45 days at 81 min to starve the parasites out.

Maybe a bit much no? Everything else I agree. Or maybe not much don‘t listen to me lol.

 

[Tamberav]

Maybe a bit much no? Everything else I agree.

Bit much on what? That is how you clear the tank of disease. Some people go 76 days so I am being generous.

45 Day Fallow periods

I've been doing some research into the "76 day fallow period". I never heard of that prior to coming to Reef2Reef this past summer. I had always used 32 days as the maximum time for a tomont to remain viable under tropical conditions, and then I would round up to 45 days to help ensure that...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Petcrazyson]

Bit much on what? That is how you clear the tank of disease. Some people go 76 days so I am being generous.

Read the last part of my post

 

[Tamberav]

Read the last part of my post

Oh haha.. ya I just would hate to see him lose a bunch of fish again. It’s living in the sump so easy to catch and copper takes 30 days to treat anyways

 

[Garland Goodwill]

but i had been running the tank with copper the whole time, so.... what should i do before adding fish?

 

[i cant think]

but i had been running the tank with copper the whole time, so.... what should i do before adding fish?

Just a warning;
Some fish are highly sensitive to copper and may have copper burns from it. I don’t recommend running a tank with copper in it constantly.

Before adding fish, make sure they’re 100% healthy but also don’t add tangs first in any tank. Get the rest of your stock sorted out as most tangs will just murder anything that comes after them.
Adding tangs first is likely to wind up in a tank with just tangs and nothing else. And if you put a Clown Tang (Acanthurus lineatus) in the tank then long term it’ll more than likely be a species only tank with one tang in.

 

[Tamberav]

but i had been running the tank with copper the whole time, so.... what should i do before adding fish?

What copper product and what level?

What do you use as a test kit for copper?

If you have rock it can also absorb some copper. I am assuming you have rock?

Did your water turn cloudy at all?

How long were the fish in copper? Copper is toxic and fish should not be exposed to it for prolonged periods. Only for the treatment time needed.