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ok thanks alot man and i have no live rock

i have a fish only tank and i did do it as the instructions told me so what should i do know

so what should i do about this

put a yellow tang in they swim all the time and are an AWSOME fish

i put some copper treatment in there but that seemed to make it worse

my fish were all fine and now i looked at them and my blue tang and my corral beauty both have major ick and i dont want to flush them but i dont want my other fish to catch the ick and i dont have a qurintine tank so what should i do ????

ok thanks and what temp should i set it on ????

Originally Posted by TriGa22 No. You need to use new water because the water you have now is infected. You NEED rock no exeptions with a tang. All day they will graze no rock = dead tang. how much rock will i need can u email me chaingangsoldier187@yahoo.com because im going to go put down...

Originally Posted by TriGa22 Ok. Ill help out. Well it would be 2 months. 1 month till you get it and another till its cycled. Yes it will last. The thing is is you need sand and 125# plus of rock. Im going to stay because it seems like he is upgrading and I want this fish to live. i already...

Originally Posted by TriGa22 The fish has no room to get bigger. So get rid of him now, dont and he dies. Choose cause if you pick the second one then you obviously dont care for the life of the fish. do u think he can stay in there for just one more month till i get the 125 ?

Originally Posted by TriGa22 You dont get the point. The tangs cant get any bigger there isnt enough room! The tangs are going to die if they stay. At least you could take them back and save their life and get some cash then to keep it because you like it. Thats the problem with saltwater fish...

Originally Posted by NigerBang Wow..A straight up "I dont care about their long term health"..This is where I check out.. i care about him im just not going to get rid of him im going to help him and keep him and when he gets big then ill get rid of him and get a small one

Originally Posted by TriGa22 Not to be mean, but you bought a tang for a 29 not knowing that it is insufficent tank. Green stuff is Algea. What tangs need to survive. I would treat the tang and get rid of it. im not soing that cause i paied 85 bucks for it and the pet store will only give me...

Originally Posted by TriGa22 Ok. OI didnt know that he had no LR or Corals. So this poster dosent have LR for tangs, no inverts to help keep it clean, no refractometer so he kinda cannot do anything unless he sets up a QT which would take forever. The first problem is the tangs. Even if they get...

Originally Posted by lion_crazz The same can be said for hyposalinity. If not done with a refractometer, hyposalinity is largely ineffective. I would put money on the fact that this user does not have a refractometer. None of which this poster has in his aquarium. Several people keep "fish...

Originally Posted by TriGa22 Copper, if not used correctly can easily kill a tank. Inverts and corals cannot take any of it., live rock will die and cause a cycle. If you dont have Live rock or inverts how is your tank clean? i have no idea my pet store didnt say i had to get them so u think i...

i have none of those thing u mentioned and the copper is sea cure standardized copper med for marine aquariums effective against amyloodinium and cryptocaryon whatever that is i just got it off the bottle

Originally Posted by lion_crazz Absolutely. A $20 ich medication will do nothing unless the bottle says "Copper" (Cupramine) and you have a copper test kit and use the medication properly by keeping the copper at the proper level for the necessary time. i did get copper thats what it is so im...

Originally Posted by lion_crazz Hold on - let's get facts straight. The fish do not have ich because they are in a smaller tank. They might get ich no matter where they were because they were not quarantined properly and they were carrying or were introduced to the parasite. Once treated with...

i had both tangs in the tank for almost a year now but i just bought $20 dollar ick med so i think i might be good