tang care

Looking for some help in understanding what happened. I purchased a few fish from my lfs on Saturday and brought home: foxface rabbitfish, blonde naso, clown Tang and moon wrasse. I set up my 40 gal QT, using fresh salt water I mix for my primary 280g tank - RO water, Fritz RPM made approx 2...

I currently have a 20g (not a long), and am thinking about upgrading to a 180 and using my current one as a quarantine tank since I already have it. I'd like to get a Tang or two, but I'm not sure if you can keep them in a QT tank that small for the 30+ days required to medicate them.

Why haven’t anyone company created a adrenaline food or specific dip for fish? To aid in fighting off parasites? I mean it seems like a smart thing to do. If fish had a certain time window to fight off bacterial/ parasites etc they would live.

Hello everyone, I am planning to have a Zebrasomas scopas and need some advice from people that have experience. My current tank is only 100 litres (80x35x40 cm) and I want to upgrade to atleast 150 cm maybe 180 x 60 x 50 cm tank. I want to build d the hardscape dedicated to the scopas, so it...

What are your opinions on algae control? I was also considering an algae blenny and a small tomini. I have a 48" long 20" wide aquarium.

I’ve added a new Scopas Tang to my tank thought they enjoyed the nori sheets to snack on. I’ve purchased the Omega Green and he doesn’t even give it a second look. He has however been eating Frozen Brine Shrimp, Frozen Blood Worms, and even half Clams from my puffer. Should I try a sinking...

Hey Guys… So I’m looking for advice on how best to add a small sailfin desjardini tang to a 55g tank that already has a tomini tang that I’ve had for a year. I already have the sailfin in QT and he’s eating well, and is ready to go into the DT. I’m obviously really nervous about adding a second...

Assume: All fish are introduced at the same time Proper filtration All fish quarantined Mix of tangs from nasos to kole tangs. ie 1 or 2 of each species Thank you!

Hello everyone! I am noticing quite a bit of flashing from my Midas blenny after recently adding a new purple tang. I noticed a little white and stringy poo coming from the purple tang. They are both eating good. I don’t see any ich on them. I am trying to put all these signs together and see...

Nutramar Marine Complete Shots are suitable for everyday feeding for your fish, LPS corals, and other invertebrates. Sticks easily to the side of the tank or rockwork allowing your fish to graze whilst giving you a close-up view of your fish feeding! This food is cold extruded to ensure no loss...

We’ve had the powder brown for 3 weeks. Acclimation went well, but on week 2 started showing signs of a small head bump surface injury. After treatment of Kanaplex, it has progressed into fin and tail rot. I’m not seeing it as aggression. Tank mates are derasa clam, firefish, tiny clownfish, 2x...

hi everyone just wondering if i can use my 24 gallon all in one tank for my qt tank all my fish currently have ich so i’m gonna set up a qt tomorrow but don’t know if i can use a all in one

Hello all, sorry for this being my first post, don't want to seem like a noob but I've been lurking and learning from here since 2019, finally made an account today because I NEED HELP! I've searched high and low for answers for this issue with my purple tang, can't quite figure it out. Quick...

Hi all, last night my fiance and i welcomed a hawaiian long nose black tang to our reef. we want to make sure that we are meeting all the nutritional requirements he needs! we also have a gem tang (he is much smaller, there has been no aggression at all and everyone is happy). currently i am...

My tang has been with us about 2 years. Added things to tank after moving it and the tang developed something. I have given it a fresh water bath and also using garlic in food but the maybe flukes came off but today might be coming back.

Hey Everyone, I have a reasonably sized QT system that I have housed 2 small tangs and a Flame hawkfish in for approximately 3 weeks now. I have observed the fish for 1 week ensuring they are all eating well (which they are) and for any obvious signs of disease. I then dose the tank with...

I just got this tang a few days ago and can’t seem to get him to eat. I’m pretty sure my coral banded shrimp was picking on him as I seen it chasing him, and noticed he had nipped fins. I got rid of the shrimp ( I’ve been wanting to recently anyway). Is there any hope to save him? I’ve read an...

Hi there, Unfortunately, my Powder Blue Tang had just passed from what I think is ich. It was in a quarantine tank at a copper therapeutic level of 2.08ppm. Can anyone confirm this death to be from ich? Thank you.

I’ve only caught my yellow tang pooping 3 times since I got it a few weeks ago. It’s eating fine and looks much healthier then it did when I first got it (it was very pale at the LFS). It has stringy poop though and from what I’ve read it can indicate parasites. I’m also wondering if it’s...

Ok here's the photos. My gf and I are debating on what the disease actually may be. It only is affecting the tang. I am trying to grow flukes out of the oval shapes, but we also notice raised white spots. We have studied the possible diseases on Humblefish.com and think it might be ick also...

Hi, I currently have Purple tang in my 110.4 gallon Waterbox mixed reef tank. I’m planning on adding a gem tang and a yellow tang. They are the same size as my purple tang. I already have a fox face and a much small blue tang (3-5cm). Am I being an idiot trying to add the gem and yellow...

Hey Guys, so I have a general question with Tangs, so I currently have a 120 gal tank, I put in a Purple Tang and a Blue Tang at the same time maybe about 2-3 weeks ago, I was wondering if it was too late to put in a Powder Blue tang into the mix, I’ve had tangs before like Mimic Tangs...

Hi all! Happy Weekend! currently I have a Purple Tang and a Foxface. They get on completely fine but like brothers sometimes do want there own space. I was thinking about adding another yellow tang. would a third calm aggression or would it spike some more trouble? currently a 200 litre tank...

yesterday i trade in corals for convict tang at my lfs he is currently 2inches long he eats but he looks like he is stressed u put methaline blue in his qt tank to reduce stress. any tips im not new to the hobby and tangs had scopas blue tang and yellow tang so far im just new to this genus of...

Curiosity question here. Do the tomini and kole tangs darken in color with age or is it just random special variation? I’ve seen tominis with a pale grayish colored body and then ones almost black. A similar thing seems happens with the koles with that light orange color in the body to a deep...