Could I get a Yellow Tang for my 29G?

garfunkle

garfunkle

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As some of you know I have a bit of an algae problem in my 29 gallon reef tank. Right now, I have a Coral beauty, two blue damsels, a scooter blenny and a Purple Pseudochromis. Can I fit in a small Yellow tang? I have had a Hippo tang in the tank successfully for two years until it died one day due to disease. Tell me what you guys think.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Definately not! Why do you have so much algae? What kind of Algae? Do you have a cleanup crew? What are your nitrate and phosphate readings?
 
garfunkle

garfunkle

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Originally Posted by sepulatian
Definately not! Why do you have so much algae? What kind of Algae? Do you have a cleanup crew? What are your nitrate and phosphate readings?
It is mostly green algae. I have a NANO tank cleanup crew that is probably not suitable for my tank, but its all I have. This is what my tank looks like right now:
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Do you have a mag float? You can remove most of that by hand. Get a larger cleanup crew. How long do you run your lights?
 
garfunkle

garfunkle

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Originally Posted by earlybird
Are you using RO/DI water or tap water?
Ugh, tap...but I put it through a dechlorinizing process before I put it in. Is this the problem? Also I have the lights on from 8am-9:30pm
 
nicetry

nicetry

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Cut your photoperiod in half. Remove as much of the algae as you can manually . I'm also not seeing any type of water flow (powerheads) in the tank (unless it's the picture quality). Looks to be a film on the surface and no agitation. Water movement will also help. Buying fish to remove algae almost never works. The problem is more than likely associated with your water source. Do you do water changes and if so how much/often? How much do you feed?
Lots of variables that can contribute to the problem, but adding another fish that produces more waste is not going to help.
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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Originally Posted by Garfunkle
Ugh, tap...but I put it through a dechlorinizing process before I put it in. Is this the problem? Also I have the lights on from 8am-9:30pm
:scared: You've just found your problem. Use RO water only, but RO/DI water would be better. I would clean out what you can by hand, do a large water change using RO water, and lower light time. You should see a HUGE difference. Oh, and your tank is to small for any type of Tang.
Make sure you post pics after a month of making those changes, it will be fun to see the difference.
 
imurnamine

imurnamine

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...It's almost overstocked as it is...
If you clean it like you are supposed to, you won't have the algae problem.
 
larryndana

larryndana

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like stated time to clean, woo hoo.
Take a water sample and have your lfs test for phosphates if you don't have a test for it. I'm sure you have a bunch of phosphates in your tap water.
use Ro, rodi, or distilled water for water changes....not tap.
 
garfunkle

garfunkle

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Originally Posted by azfishgal
:scared: You've just found your problem. Use RO water only, but RO/DI water would be better. I would clean out what you can by hand, do a large water change using RO water, and lower light time. You should see a HUGE difference. Oh, and your tank is to small for any type of Tang.
Make sure you post pics after a month of making those changes, it will be fun to see the difference.

what is RO water my friend? BTW, my hippo tang was a baby when I got it and I was supposed to trade it to a guy with a 180g reef when it was 3 in long, but he backed out due to an ICH problem. I wasn't planning on keeping it long.
 
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nereef

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RO=Reverse Osmosis. this basically means that water is forced through a membrane against the osmotic gradient in order to remove impurities. RO water should contain next to no nitrates or phosphates. RODI=RO+dionization. another filter is added to the RO unit which removes other small ions left in the water.
 
beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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Originally Posted by Garfunkle
a scooter blenny
Well I think your question has been answered, but this statement brings up another problem. The scooter blenny has almost the same diet as a mandarin dragonet.... pods. And I do not think that a 29g can provide enough pods for it to do anything but slowly starve to death. Keep in mind I am not flaming you. Does it eat frozen foods? It's rare but it might eat frozen.
Just pointing out something.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Garfunkle
I have had a Hippo tang in the tank successfully for two years until it died one day due to disease.
A Yellow Tang would probably meet the same fate.
 
garfunkle

garfunkle

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Originally Posted by larryndana
yeah, i saw that....
does your scooter eat any prepared foods?
yes, i got him as a baby and have fed him nothing but brine shrimp. He seems to love it.
 
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