Hardiest tang? | Reef2Reef
Sep 3, 2019 · Everything I have read say the Purple Tang is a tough little dude. For example, when BRS had their Red Sea 750 crash due to a power outage. The Purple tangs survived when other fish died. That and other things I have read points to the Purple as a …
Tang Aggression - Understanding and Combating | Reef2Reef
Sep 29, 2015 · Copperbands are very fragile fish, if a tang picks on them long they will die. They're very docile. Hippo tangs are not very aggressive either generally. Adding one yellow tang to an existing yellow tang will nearly always end in a blood bath. Sometimes they may work it out but you're really pushing your luck
Least Aggressive Tangs | Reef2Reef
Feb 11, 2021 · Zebrasoma are generally good herbivores; other than the purple, they’ll leave other fish alone. Acanthurus are a mixed bag. There are the psychotics like sohol and clown. Powder blue and Achilles aren’t far behind. Convict is among my favorites, but tricky to acclimate. Keep in mind that fish have individual differences also.
Tank sizes for tangs: Help us create a list! | Reef2Reef
Mar 26, 2012 · Pacific Blue, Regal or Hippo Tang - 180g - min: 6ft Powder Brown Tang - 125g - min: 5ft Powder Blue Tang - 125g - min: 5ft Purple Tang - 80g - min: 4ft Sailfin Tang - 180g - min: 6ft Sohal Surgeonfish - 200g - min: 6ft Spotted Unicornfish- 400g - 6ft preferably longer Tomini Tang - 80g - min: 4ft Vlamingi Tang - 300g - min: 6ft preferably longer
Achilles Tang - Cloudy eye | Reef2Reef
Jun 28, 2017 · I noticed last night that my Achilles Tang has a bit of a cloudy eye. I have done some research and seems it could be from a tussle with another fish. thinking about that, I did see my blue tang have his upper and lower fins damaged a little bit, could it be he tried to become king of the tank...
Keeping a powder brown tang long term | Reef2Reef
Feb 21, 2023 · Personally, I have zero faith in UV sterilizers, because ich can live in the gills of your fish. For years, I had issues with it. One day, I said enough, and I solved it forever. I took all the fish out, and let the tank sit there for 70 days with no fish. Meanwhile, the fish in qt went through copper treatments twice during this time.
Tang: White spots or flukes ? Next steps? | Reef2Reef
Jun 21, 2017 · I did these in 5 gal buckets with dedicated heaters and pvc elbows; dosed 1.5 ml of prime to keep water cleanish. Couldn't really observe fish in buckets but noted that white blob on dorsal fin disappeared a few days into ttm. When the 14 day ttm was over, I put the tang back into the qt (which was disinfected and left Dry over the 14 day ttm.
Tang in 40 gallon | Reef2Reef
Jan 3, 2021 · I recently started a 40g(48x18x12) (have a frag rack on one side and rockwork on the other) and am looking into getting a tang, I have a yellow watchman goby and lawnmower blenny in quarantine to go in soon once it is fully cycled and not much else will be added. Does anybody know how long a...
The trick to keeping multiple tangs in the same tank
Dec 27, 2016 · I have a 4" yellow tang in the same tank with a 5" regal tang. At first, the yellow tang tried to bully the regal, then things calmed down with very little aggression at all. Now, it seems the tables have turned and the yellow tang defers to the regal tang. The regal is not very aggressive but appears to be in charge.
Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE) | Reef2Reef
Oct 17, 2020 · The fish fed the premium pelleted food had a higher average condition factor (3.354) than the fish fed the generic flake food (3.047). More importantly, the control fish not exposed to carbon had a higher condition factor (3.280) than the fish with severe HLLE (3.088). The fish exposed to pelleted carbon were intermediate (3.235).