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I was just wondering how long I should QT this fish. I have been performering maintenance on the tank regularly which means that some stress has been occuring. I have seen absolutely no sign of disease and I have been carefully watching this fish. I am only asking this soon because the QT (15...

As I said early the fish was starting to eat. Well now I am happy to report that his belly is no longer pinched. He actually looks fat. He ate constantly all day on the caulerpa I offered him. He also ate about 2 inch X 2 inch piece of nori today.

Upon further observation it seems as though my Purple Tang might be throwing up (for lack of a better word) his food. As I thought about it more I have not seen him "normally" digest his food in as long as I can remember. What could this possibly be from. I was hoping this might help if...

Dogstar, thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. I did attach some Nori to a vegi clip. After about a little more than an hour, with the nori on the clip for the second time today, I returned to find almost all of the nori gone. I saw the tang eat the nori and not spit it out so I am now a...

I just got my Powder Blue Tang yesterday and when it arrived it's stomach was what appeared to be pinched. Other than that the fish looks excellent; it looks fat other than it's pinched stomach. My question is, when I feed it it will eat the food (nori and caulerpa), chew it for a moment and...

I have a Purple Tang and two Clownfish. My question is how can you tell if your fish has a bacterial infection. I don't understand the symptoms. My Purple Tang hides a lot and twitches often a long with some other strange antics. He will go to the top right corner of the tank about two or...

I am thinking about getting a new protien skimmer and I was wondering what I should get. I was hoping someone could tell me what is better, a CPR Bakpak or and Aqua C Remora. Both would be hang-on. I know in-sump are better but the tank in question does not have a sump and it is a 55 gallon...

I do agree that they are beneficial scavegers. If you were looking to get rid of them I think I have heard that sixline wrasses will eat them. I have no clue if this is true but i Have heard this? Does anyone else know? I could maybe see a sixline eat them if they are small but not big. I...

NM, are there any other possibilities; disease, bacterial infection (what are the symptoms?), etc. that could be ailing this fish that makes him act this way. I just wonder becuase I did not think nor have I seen a Purple Tang act this way. Are they more shy or not? He eats excellent so I've...

I have a Purple Tang that has been out of QT and in my main tank for two weeks. Since he has been in my main tank he seems to be hiding a lot unless i come up to the tank. He goes between both ends of the tank, but hides at each end in the rocks unless I have a vegi clip in for feeding. He...

Unfortunately there are not any saltwater stores in Mt. Pleasant. I go Pier 701 a lot but I also go to Preuss' Pets in East Lansing. They have a really big store. I also know that there are a lot, and I mean a lot of nice stores in the metro detroit area. I mostly mail order though and I...

AlohaMI and Thomas 712 I am a student at CMU, so I am kind of curious what stores you people go to? I only know of about four within reasonable driving distance.

I have a Purple Tang that has been in a QT for over 3 1/2 weeks and has been treated for Ich with copper. All of the Ich appears to be gone, proper therapuetic levels have been maintained. The only spot left on him is on his left fin. It's been there for about two weeks. I dont know what the...

I do not think it is "red slime", I can't even scrap it off. I have purple (dark and light) coralline algea along with a little bit of pink coralline also that does not rub off. If it were slime I would think you would be able to scrap or rub it off, right? I am also 100% sure it is not cyano...