Yellow Tang

[helpme74]

Someone told me the yellow tangs are ick magnets. Are they?

 

[sagxman]

That's what they say, especially if they are in a tank that is not big enough for them. They like to swim and it seems to stress them out and ick likes stress.

 

[pontius]

no, they don't have a reputation of being ich magnets. the tang family as a whole may be more ich prone than other families, but yellow tangs are fairly hardy. probably the hardiest of all tangs. the are much more susceptible to "black ich" (not true ich) and hlle than to ich, but both of those can be corrected easily.

 

[bowser220]

How do you correct black ich?

 

[zanoshanox]

Yes, they do seem to get ich muc more than other fish, same goes for blue tangs.

 

[whitey_028]

get a cleaner shrimp for them and it will help with it along with a cleaner wrasse, I have both and havent had any problems with ich...*knocks on wood*

 

[dogstar]

Ick does like to attack tangs because they have very tiny scales and its easy for the ick to pentrate to the flesh but all fish can get ick and it depends on how healthy they are and how much stress there subjected too and other reasons also....

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by bowser220
How do you correct black ich?

formalin baths

 

[alyssia]

I have heard that hippo tangs are very ich prone.