kole tang PICS!

shawnts106

shawnts106

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sorry for the bad pics... thats what you get with a 20$ walmart digital camera... I want that new 5MP from sony!!!
 
sailfin

sailfin

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How long has it been in there? It sometimes takes up to three or four days before they begin to eat.
Keep a reefin':happyfish
 
skirrby

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maybe a little stressed out, with the 3 other yellow tangs in that 75g.. could that be a reason he wont eat much?
 
sailfin

sailfin

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That is a good point, skirrby. Please keep an eye on nitrates. With that many you need a good skimmer. If you see the nitrates go above 10-20 please remove some of those.
Keep a reefin' :happyfish
 
golfish

golfish

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Originally posted by skirrby
maybe a little stressed out, with the 3 other yellow tangs in that 75g.. could that be a reason he wont eat much?
That would be my guess...that's a WHOLE lot of fish for that size tank:eek:
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Glads its finally eating...I remember another thread where you were worried about the kole...but I don't remember mention of the three yellows in there with him.They could be the cause of the loss of appitite. I looked in on this thread thinkin' you were askins for pics of kole's...below is the one I had. It died a few months ago and I can't convince myself to get another....yet.
:thinking:
 
shawnts106

shawnts106

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Sorry I didnt give more Information... My water quality is GREAT... no detectable Nitrates and very LOW phosphates. all the other perimeters are 0! .... As far as the Yellows go, yes that did cross my mind... I thought OH NO, what if the tangs kick his butt.. but the yellows are staying far away from the Kole... the Kole is about 2 1/2 times their size so.... I dont think that is the problem... what I did think is the problem is the PH.. its a little low... about 7.5 or so... maybe a little higher... so I was worried about that.. another thing I was worried about is the fact that the Kole is WILD CAUGHT and is so use to eatting normal Micro on rocks that it hasnt figured out what Im putting in there is or doesnt even have a taste for it... so far the Kole is only picking at the choped up Nori... and is eatting very little... I am going to add some Garlic something.. from SeaChem to help with her appetite... do you think this is a good idea?...
2 small damsels.. a small clown, 3 yellows and a kole is too much fish for a 75 gallon?
hum, I wouldn think so because the damsels and the clown as so small and produce so little Bio-Waste.. but even then that is 4 good sized fish... well just glad my protien skimmer is pumping out protien by the LBS! LOL
thanks for the help... what do you think about that idea>?
 
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