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Old 11/17/2007, 12:16 PM
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Talking Lavender Tang(Surgeon)

I just recieved a Lavender tang from a winning raffle at the SCMAS meeting. I dont know much about it but after acclimating it i introduced it at night with just my lunar LEDs and it did fine. My 3'' yellow tang was a bit of a bully and did not cause any real damage. Just a small nik on the lavenders face. the wouldn't stop chasing one another for a few hours. Than in the morning they were perfectly fine together. This is a beautiful fish and i am glad that they now get along. The yellow tang would of been the one to go if they didn't get along... Thanx Southern California Marine Aquarium Society.
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Old 11/17/2007, 11:40 PM
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Look at MarineCenter.com's website. They have Lavender Tangs and offer some basic info to help you get started. Good luck. Beautiful fish!
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Old 11/18/2007, 02:06 AM
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Thanks i will post a photo asap...
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Old 11/19/2007, 10:09 PM
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Old 11/19/2007, 11:00 PM
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Are you planning on a upgrade? Two tangs in a 40, is a bit small. My blue uses all of my 90.
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Old 11/20/2007, 12:02 AM
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Def. planning on upgrading, when not to sure. As sson as a good deal comes my way i will have a minimum of a 90 long...
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Old 11/20/2007, 09:45 AM
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hate to echo, but yeah, you need more tank space as they grow over the next year. Beautiful fish! Congrats on your raffle win!
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Old 11/20/2007, 02:31 PM
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congrats of the raffle!! lavendars are sweet fish and good luck with the upgrade.
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Old 11/21/2007, 11:13 AM
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ick....

ick........ Best way to cure it...
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Old 11/21/2007, 05:11 PM
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ICK

Copper is best of ick, hyposalinity will also work well.
But if it is Marine Velvet caused by Amyloodinium sp., Copper will work and hypossalinity will not.
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Old 11/21/2007, 05:51 PM
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So when using copper it is to my best understanding you must place the tang in QT?
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Old 11/21/2007, 05:59 PM
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Yes, if you have a reef tank, and you need to treat all the fish in your tank. If one has it, they will all have it to some extent.
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Old 11/21/2007, 06:06 PM
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http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php
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Old 11/21/2007, 10:19 PM
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I use Non-medicated Anti-Parasitic pellets when I get new fish. I have 2 tangs, and a few other fish, and after using this food, haven't had any parasitic problems.

http://www.dtpetsupplies.com/catalog...oducts_id=1907
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Old 11/21/2007, 11:27 PM
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I've had that and i just started to only feed that untill i see a big improvement, thanks!
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Old 11/23/2007, 01:19 PM
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I am now starting treatment with Kick-Ich By Ruby Reef(Reef Safe Product)... Day one 4 oz for 50 gal total set-up... Will continue to update!
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Old 11/23/2007, 04:10 PM
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I've always had great luck with Kick-Ich...but some other people don't like it...good luck, and way to go with your tang!
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Old 11/23/2007, 06:25 PM
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R.I.P. Lavender Tang... the stress load was too much for my tang. It was such a beautiful fish with such a short lived life. I Don't plan to aquire anymore TANGS untill I have the 1: proper tank(size), 2: a means of treating them in such cases(QT). QT is always the best thing so my next project will be a qt tank asap. It is a good practice gone without.
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Old 11/25/2007, 01:59 AM
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sorry to hear about your loss...good luck with your future plans...
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