The most hardy tang? Least hardy?
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bill109
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Originally Posted by Jon321
The problem with tiny fish is that they are easily damaged during shipping, and suffer from starvation much quicker than larger fish. The couple days they are shipped and acclimated can be enough to put them over the edge. The 3-4" range should be considered the 'ideal' size, not saying that smaller or larger are impossible by any means though. Even the most delicate tangs are most adaptable at around 3-4".
Jon
yeah i see what u r saying.. make sure it is eating if you buy it small
The problem with tiny fish is that they are easily damaged during shipping, and suffer from starvation much quicker than larger fish. The couple days they are shipped and acclimated can be enough to put them over the edge. The 3-4" range should be considered the 'ideal' size, not saying that smaller or larger are impossible by any means though. Even the most delicate tangs are most adaptable at around 3-4".
Jon
yeah i see what u r saying.. make sure it is eating if you buy it small
farnorth
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1journeyman... Yes I have had 3 tangs over the past 5 years that have all died and there was something wrong... me
Initially when I got my first powder blue 5 years ago it was my first tank and I never checked my water, never did water changes and would buy any fish that I liked.... :scared: suprsingly the pb lasted 3 months. Within the last 2 months I bought a powder brown that was sick initially and I did not buy a good specimen and trusted the LFS to tell me it was natural for his belly to be white despite all of the pictures I had seen about them and he died 2 days later. 3 weeks ago I bought a beautiful powder blue that was 5" eating very well, acclimated him for 3 hours ... but I did not qt, put him in my tank and he got ich within 12 hours... despite, a UV, checking my water daily, doing hypo, feeding nori (soaked with garlic and vitamins) he died 3 weeks later.
So I started this thread just to see what everyones opinion was. Tangs are my favorite fish by far and I would like to get another one, but don't want to see another fish die if it can be prevented and want to see what peoples experience is with the most hardy. I made the list at the top, mainly from what I have read.
It is cool to hear some people have had such good experiences with Hippo's especially growing from such a small size.
The 2 tangs I would like in my 90 a Red Sea Dej. Sailfin and a Acanthurus japonicus, but we will see. I think the next tang I will try will be the sailfin in a month or two, I don't think I will have enough room for two tangs unfortunately.
So I started this thread just to see what everyones opinion was. Tangs are my favorite fish by far and I would like to get another one, but don't want to see another fish die if it can be prevented and want to see what peoples experience is with the most hardy. I made the list at the top, mainly from what I have read.
It is cool to hear some people have had such good experiences with Hippo's especially growing from such a small size.
The 2 tangs I would like in my 90 a Red Sea Dej. Sailfin and a Acanthurus japonicus, but we will see. I think the next tang I will try will be the sailfin in a month or two, I don't think I will have enough room for two tangs unfortunately.
greenwolf52
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cwgibson...how long have you kept that moorish idol?
beatlesfan
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Originally Posted by azfishgal
OH, I'm glad you asked this question as I am very curious about this myself. I personally want a hippo tang, but I've been reading tangs seem to be susceptible to ich, so I'm waiting to see what the experts say. ***)
you took the words out of my mouth. also in my 125g is it ok for me to keep a yellow tang and a blue hippo tang?
OH, I'm glad you asked this question as I am very curious about this myself. I personally want a hippo tang, but I've been reading tangs seem to be susceptible to ich, so I'm waiting to see what the experts say. ***)
you took the words out of my mouth. also in my 125g is it ok for me to keep a yellow tang and a blue hippo tang?
farnorth
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Niger Bang... I am from Anchorage. It snowed about 13 feet here during december. Back to the discussion of tangs!!!
I really like the look of Kole's... haven't watched them enough to see if they have much personality though! Good to hear that he is doing well and hopefully hardy!