dallas1432
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does anyone have good tips on keeping hippo tang :help:
hippo tangs?
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a&m aggie 04'
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1st of all they need lots of horizontal swimming space. I wouldnt even attempt one unless you have a 4ft long tank. They are easily stressed and prone to ick. Ive been into tanks for 3 years and have lost 3 tangs (2 from ick, 1 an anemone ate).
What size tank do you have?
What size tank do you have?
dallas1432
Member
i have a 75gal i do have a hippo almost lost him to ick 2or3 times he is good right now but has some weird spots on its front half it kind of clear but not seems like theres no scales in spots had him a year now and i feed the best stuff i know of
a&m aggie 04'
Active Member
thats all you can do...what other fish do you have with him?
druluv
Member
Find your blue tangs spirulina and garlic enriched products. Also, soak your food in kent marine zoe and in a garlic elixer or someting comparable. Have all sorts of cleaners on hand. Red Blood Fire shrimp, Regular cleaner shrimps, neon gobies. I have all three, and I observed my blue tang using all of them; well worth the money.
my feeding
1.spirulina enriched brine shrimp
2.ocean nutrition formula two flake and pellet also spirulina and garlic enriched
3. two little fishes sea veggies soak with below
4.spirulina flake
4.On some days I soak food in kent marine zoe, ecosystems garlic elixer, and selcon.
my feeding
1.spirulina enriched brine shrimp
2.ocean nutrition formula two flake and pellet also spirulina and garlic enriched
3. two little fishes sea veggies soak with below
4.spirulina flake
4.On some days I soak food in kent marine zoe, ecosystems garlic elixer, and selcon.
brian90vette
Member
Yeah, QT him. Damn things are notorious for ich. I introduced one which wiped out my population. RIP
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sebae0
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make sure to vary their diet big time feed foods soaked in zoe and make sure there is no stray currents from electrical devices in the tank. the scales missing is it from fighting or do they look like holes across his lateral line, could be lateral line disease.
dallas1432
Member
theres no hole he's not fighting its somthing else I wish i had a picture i'll see if i can get one
the scale thing isn't that bad but i still want figure it out
ill work on getting picture though
the scale thing isn't that bad but i still want figure it out
ill work on getting picture though
