Powder Blue Tang
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kevin34
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Thanks. I am planning on getting a 125 gallon. What tank mates would you suggest for a powder blue? So far I have decided on a bicolor angel, 2 percula clowns, a jawfish, and a green mandarin (but will be adding more to that list). Can they be kept with corals and inverts too?
puffer32
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I had perfect water and environment for a powder blue. He was QT'd for 3 weeks and ate well and seemed to thrive for the first month in my 150 DT. But i still lost mine to ich
I have kept many tangs over the yrs, and the PB was the only one i ever lost to ich. Here's a pic of mine after afew weeks in my tank.
cantbstopd
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ive had mine for about a year now........i have had battles with ick but i keep him stuffed with algae sheets soaked in garlic and selcon. i also have a uv light. i might be getting ready to get rid of him
not because i want to but if you look in the picture at the fish toward the top. thats my female watanabei angel, and i have been looking for a male for about a month or two. well my lfs has finally got one for me. i get first dibs on it but they want to keep it for a couple of weeks just to make sure its good to go. basically i kept hounding them until they got one for me....
. i also only have a 75 gal and when i got the tang it was smaller, now its getting too big for my tank, so im thinking of taking out the tang and my maroon clown which is a big boy too :happyfish. then again one of my friends i work with wants me to buy his 35 gal hex, which would do for the clown.....choices choices :cheer: . ive only ever had one PBT and mine was a good one i guess...
kevin34
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So if I had one of these and everything new that I got (before and after having the powder blue tang) I kept in a QT for a month to avoid all possible diseases do you think it would be ok? I would also make sure to feed it plenty of algea if that helps. How do you feed it the algea sheet without the other fish getting at it? And what does soaking it in garlic do? Is all you do dip it in a jar of garlic before giving to the fish or is it more conplicated than that? :notsure:
cantbstopd
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i only feed three times a week...so i feed, monday, wednesday, and friday. i put in a whole algae sheet every day that i feed, along with a cube of rotated frozen (mysis shrimp on monday, prime reef on wednesday, and blood worms on friday)food, a small pinch of Thera+A and a small pinch of prime reef flakes along with the garlic and selcon. sunday i usually will clean out what is left in the algae clip and thats all they get on the weekend. On mondays and fridays i feed the corals.The other fish eat the algae sheet just like the tang, just not as much, thats why i put in a whole sheet. Its usually gone by the time i go to bed at night. I use a small cup to feed. fill the cup a 1/4 of the way with tank water, put the frozen cube in with the pinch of pellets and flakes, 3 drops of garlic xtreme, by kent, and half a dropper of selcon. let the frozen cube melt. while i wait for the cube to melt i dip the algae sheet in the water (already in the clip), folded so it fits in the cup with the selcon and garlic, so it soaks it up while the frozen cube melts.... :joy:.seems to be working for me......
havent lost a fish for ..... :thinking: never mind, knock on wood. dont want to jinx myself :scared: oh garlic boosts immune systems, helps fight disease, selcon is like a one a day vitamin for fish....
seasalt101
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i've heard you can get nori at the supermarket is it freeze dried or in raw veggie section anyone know? trying to find some asap
puffer32
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Originally Posted by Kevin34
So if I had one of these and everything new that I got (before and after having the powder blue tang) I kept in a QT for a month to avoid all possible diseases do you think it would be ok? I would also make sure to feed it plenty of algea if that helps. How do you feed it the algea sheet without the other fish getting at it? And what does soaking it in garlic do? Is all you do dip it in a jar of garlic before giving to the fish or is it more conplicated than that? :notsure:
Why would you not want your other fish to eat nori also? I soak my nori and fish foods in vitamins and garlic so they don't get sick. In fact when my PB got ich, he was the only one who got it, I believe it boasted their immune systems and kept them all healthy, didn't work with PB. I really think chasing the 5 inch PB around a 150 gal tank and putting him in a small QT tank was just to much, he refused to eat and died. If you are serious about getting one, make sure your QT is large enough to house such a large tang, they need lots of swimming space even when they are sick. As beautiful as they are, i wouldn't get another, I have some expensive fish , and wouldn't risk their health again to keep one. If humans got ich, I would have come down with it from the stress of it all
So if I had one of these and everything new that I got (before and after having the powder blue tang) I kept in a QT for a month to avoid all possible diseases do you think it would be ok? I would also make sure to feed it plenty of algea if that helps. How do you feed it the algea sheet without the other fish getting at it? And what does soaking it in garlic do? Is all you do dip it in a jar of garlic before giving to the fish or is it more conplicated than that? :notsure:
Why would you not want your other fish to eat nori also? I soak my nori and fish foods in vitamins and garlic so they don't get sick. In fact when my PB got ich, he was the only one who got it, I believe it boasted their immune systems and kept them all healthy, didn't work with PB. I really think chasing the 5 inch PB around a 150 gal tank and putting him in a small QT tank was just to much, he refused to eat and died. If you are serious about getting one, make sure your QT is large enough to house such a large tang, they need lots of swimming space even when they are sick. As beautiful as they are, i wouldn't get another, I have some expensive fish , and wouldn't risk their health again to keep one. If humans got ich, I would have come down with it from the stress of it all
kevin34
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Originally Posted by puffer32
Why would you not want your other fish to eat nori also? I soak my nori and fish foods in vitamins and garlic so they don't get sick. In fact when my PB got ich, he was the only one who got it, I believe it boasted their immune systems and kept them all healthy, didn't work with PB. I really think chasing the 5 inch PB around a 150 gal tank and putting him in a small QT tank was just to much, he refused to eat and died. If you are serious about getting one, make sure your QT is large enough to house such a large tang, they need lots of swimming space even when they are sick. As beautiful as they are, i wouldn't get another, I have some expensive fish , and wouldn't risk their health again to keep one. If humans got ich, I would have come down with it from the stress of it all
What size QT did you put it in to treat it?
Why would you not want your other fish to eat nori also? I soak my nori and fish foods in vitamins and garlic so they don't get sick. In fact when my PB got ich, he was the only one who got it, I believe it boasted their immune systems and kept them all healthy, didn't work with PB. I really think chasing the 5 inch PB around a 150 gal tank and putting him in a small QT tank was just to much, he refused to eat and died. If you are serious about getting one, make sure your QT is large enough to house such a large tang, they need lots of swimming space even when they are sick. As beautiful as they are, i wouldn't get another, I have some expensive fish , and wouldn't risk their health again to keep one. If humans got ich, I would have come down with it from the stress of it all
What size QT did you put it in to treat it?
hatessushi
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Originally Posted by cantbstopd
i only feed three times a week...so i feed, monday, wednesday, and friday. i put in a whole algae sheet every day that i feed, along with a cube of rotated frozen (mysis shrimp on monday, prime reef on wednesday, and blood worms on friday)food, a small pinch of Thera+A and a small pinch of prime reef flakes along with the garlic and selcon. sunday i usually will clean out what is left in the algae clip and thats all they get on the weekend. On mondays and fridays i feed the corals.The other fish eat the algae sheet just like the tang, just not as much, thats why i put in a whole sheet. Its usually gone by the time i go to bed at night. I use a small cup to feed. fill the cup a 1/4 of the way with tank water, put the frozen cube in with the pinch of pellets and flakes, 3 drops of garlic xtreme, by kent, and half a dropper of selcon. let the frozen cube melt. while i wait for the cube to melt i dip the algae sheet in the water (already in the clip), folded so it fits in the cup with the selcon and garlic, so it soaks it up while the frozen cube melts.... :joy:.seems to be working for me......
havent lost a fish for ..... :thinking: never mind, knock on wood. dont want to jinx myself :scared: oh garlic boosts immune systems, helps fight disease, selcon is like a one a day vitamin for fish....
I soak the food in Vitachem as well as Selcon. Selcon just provides the fatty acids the fish need as well as 2 vitamins, vit.C and vit. B12. The Vitachem provides all the other vitamins and more.
Although I feed once a day plus nori, I feel i really need to get to where I feed 3 times a week like you do. I just find it hard since when i walk in the room the fish are swimming around like they are really hungry. I know they can go without easily but it's mostly just me.
I feed my fish homemade blends of shrimp, scallops, clam, squid, octopus, carrots, brocolli, selcon, vitachem and fresh garlic. I used to use garlic extreme but after research found that the benefits of garlic only lasts about 30 minutes after extracting from the clove.
I also feed formula 1 and 2 pellets, flake, spirulina, frozen mysis, cyclops.
i only feed three times a week...so i feed, monday, wednesday, and friday. i put in a whole algae sheet every day that i feed, along with a cube of rotated frozen (mysis shrimp on monday, prime reef on wednesday, and blood worms on friday)food, a small pinch of Thera+A and a small pinch of prime reef flakes along with the garlic and selcon. sunday i usually will clean out what is left in the algae clip and thats all they get on the weekend. On mondays and fridays i feed the corals.The other fish eat the algae sheet just like the tang, just not as much, thats why i put in a whole sheet. Its usually gone by the time i go to bed at night. I use a small cup to feed. fill the cup a 1/4 of the way with tank water, put the frozen cube in with the pinch of pellets and flakes, 3 drops of garlic xtreme, by kent, and half a dropper of selcon. let the frozen cube melt. while i wait for the cube to melt i dip the algae sheet in the water (already in the clip), folded so it fits in the cup with the selcon and garlic, so it soaks it up while the frozen cube melts.... :joy:.seems to be working for me......
I soak the food in Vitachem as well as Selcon. Selcon just provides the fatty acids the fish need as well as 2 vitamins, vit.C and vit. B12. The Vitachem provides all the other vitamins and more.
Although I feed once a day plus nori, I feel i really need to get to where I feed 3 times a week like you do. I just find it hard since when i walk in the room the fish are swimming around like they are really hungry. I know they can go without easily but it's mostly just me.
I feed my fish homemade blends of shrimp, scallops, clam, squid, octopus, carrots, brocolli, selcon, vitachem and fresh garlic. I used to use garlic extreme but after research found that the benefits of garlic only lasts about 30 minutes after extracting from the clove.
I also feed formula 1 and 2 pellets, flake, spirulina, frozen mysis, cyclops.
cantbstopd
Member
Originally Posted by HatesSushi
I soak the food in Vitachem as well as Selcon. Selcon just provides the fatty acids the fish need as well as 2 vitamins, vit.C and vit. B12. The Vitachem provides all the other vitamins and more.
Although I feed once a day plus nori, I feel i really need to get to where I feed 3 times a week like you do. I just find it hard since when i walk in the room the fish are swimming around like they are really hungry. I know they can go without easily but it's mostly just me.
I feed my fish homemade blends of shrimp, scallops, clam, squid, octopus, carrots, brocolli, selcon, vitachem and fresh garlic. I used to use garlic extreme but after research found that the benefits of garlic only lasts about 30 minutes after extracting from the clove.
I also feed formula 1 and 2 pellets, flake, spirulina, frozen mysis, cyclops.
I'll have to check into that vitachem some more. ive read a few things about it already, maybe i need to see if my lfs carries it. :joy:
I soak the food in Vitachem as well as Selcon. Selcon just provides the fatty acids the fish need as well as 2 vitamins, vit.C and vit. B12. The Vitachem provides all the other vitamins and more.
Although I feed once a day plus nori, I feel i really need to get to where I feed 3 times a week like you do. I just find it hard since when i walk in the room the fish are swimming around like they are really hungry. I know they can go without easily but it's mostly just me.
I feed my fish homemade blends of shrimp, scallops, clam, squid, octopus, carrots, brocolli, selcon, vitachem and fresh garlic. I used to use garlic extreme but after research found that the benefits of garlic only lasts about 30 minutes after extracting from the clove.
I also feed formula 1 and 2 pellets, flake, spirulina, frozen mysis, cyclops.
I'll have to check into that vitachem some more. ive read a few things about it already, maybe i need to see if my lfs carries it. :joy: