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Old 10/18/2003, 12:52 AM
South Bend Bob South Bend Bob is offline
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Exclamation Yellow Tang & Ich Failure - HELP!

I desperately need help with Yellow Tangs! I have a mini-reef tank set up as outlined below but can not seem to be able to keep yellow tangs. I am on my third yellow tang in one and a half years. I have not had on live beyond 3 weeks, and this newest one had Ich show up in less than 24 hours!
I know I failed the #1 rule - Quarantine! - but I have had wonderfull success with other fish from my dealer and fully trust my dealer. This Tang was in his tank for about a week and was fine until I put it in my tank which I believed to be established.
I have had the tank set up for a good year and a half now and the current environment has been as is for nearly a year.
What is the secret to success with Yellow Tangs?
*Here is my tank;
75 gallon (48x18x20h).
1.5" fine aggregate/crushed coral & shell substrate.
50+ lbs live rock - lots of coraline (sp?) algea, some hair algea
and some polyps & small feather dusters.
1 CPR BakPak 2R Skimmer.
1 Wisper mecahnical filter.
2 175w PFO metal halide lights 12" above the water level.
1 powerhead mounted on end glass 4" above substrate.
1 VisiTherm heater
*Water paramiters;
PH - 8.3
Calcium 450
SG 1.023
Temp 81 deg.
Amonia, nitrate, nitrite & copper not measurable (too low).
10% water change monthly - last done 10/11/03.
*Livestcok;
3 Yellow tail Blue Damsels - 11 months old.
2 Tomato Clowns - 10 months old - spawned in July - no luck
raising the fry.
1 Lawnmower Blenny - 1 month old.
15 Blue Legged Hermits - 14 months old.
2 Black Mexican Snails - 18+ months old - my only originals!
1 Emerald Crab - 1 Day in tank.
1 Yellow Tang - 1 day in tank.

I had a 7" long Yellow Tailed Corris Wrasse about 8 months old,
but he killed & ate 2 Emerald Crabs & all my Pepermint Shrimp so
I traded him back to my dealer and gave another shot at the Yellow Tang.
I feel like I'm starting all over again. I went though the following fish, never ablbe to keep more than 1 month, before my tank matured to where I could keep any fish;
-several Damsels (Blue, 3 Spot, Black & White)
-2 Yellow Tangs - last on before this was Oct. of 2002!
-1 Powder Blue Tang (too eager & cockey to wait!)
-1 Long Nose Butteryfly
Any help will be greatly appretiated! Also, should I quarantine the Tang now or is it too late - The rest of the population is doing great.
Thanks, Bob.
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15 aprox. Blue legged hermits.
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Old 10/18/2003, 01:09 AM
ReefGeekster ReefGeekster is offline
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Re: Yellow Tang & Ich Failure - HELP!

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I know I failed the #1 rule - Quarantine! - but I have had wonderfull success with other fish from my dealer and fully trust my dealer. [/B]
You answered your own question, it's doesn't matter who you buy the fish from, Tangs are Ich magnets and need to be QT, like any other fish you put in your main system.

Simple math: weigh the cost of not QT'ing a fish and have a tank wipe out vs. the cost of a 20g+ QT tank

Any fish I get spends 1-2 weeks in Hyposalinity and then another 2 weeks in normal salinity before introducing it to the main system, I hear so many stories of people adding a new fish and just to have it spread a illness and killing their favorite fish of five years plus the new fish and other tankmates.

I have a 20g QT tank and a 10g hospital tank, the money you spend on those two system will eliminate the heartbreak and wastefulness of all those fishes lives. And will save you more money than you can ever know.
 

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