cweaks
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have always had a terrible time keeping tangs. They are advertised as “very hardy” fish, but mine will barely last a month. I love the fish and would like some ideas on what I am doing wrong. I just lost a beautiful Achilles. I tested my water immediately after finding him. Here are the water readings:
• Temp 80.1
• pH 8.4
• SG 1.024
• NH3/NH4 0.3
• NO4 10
• NO2 0.3
The complete inventory, minus the tang, is in my profile, but I’ll include it here for convenience.
• 65 Gal Reef
• Kent Marine BioRocker
• Protein skimmer
• 9 watt UV sterilizer
• 2 96 watt compact 50/50 6700K/blue lights
• 4" DSB
• 40 lb LR (some is Once Live Rock. Do a search on that subject for the sad details)
• Anemone Demoiselle (2)
• Blue Damsel (2)
• Blue Devil
• Blue Streak prawn Goby
• Three Spot Damsel
• Yellow Backed Damsel
• Orange Tree Gorgorian
• White carnation Tree
• Devil's
• Hand Leather Coral
• Condy Anemone
• Sea Cucumber (3)
• yellow Star Polyps
• Blue-legged Hermit crab
• Horseshoe Crab
This tang, unlike others I’ve had would not eat romaine lettuce. He would, however, gobble frozen brine shrimp, Tetra Marine flakes and just about anything else he was offered. His color was good and he had no sign of being attacked by other residents of the tank. I’ve never seen anything else go after him. All other residents in the tank appear healthy. I have had other fish in my tank for years, but the “hardy tangs” just don’t like me. Any advice would be great, but I hope you don’t tell me to tear my tank down and throw it away.
• Temp 80.1
• pH 8.4
• SG 1.024
• NH3/NH4 0.3
• NO4 10
• NO2 0.3
The complete inventory, minus the tang, is in my profile, but I’ll include it here for convenience.
• 65 Gal Reef
• Kent Marine BioRocker
• Protein skimmer
• 9 watt UV sterilizer
• 2 96 watt compact 50/50 6700K/blue lights
• 4" DSB
• 40 lb LR (some is Once Live Rock. Do a search on that subject for the sad details)
• Anemone Demoiselle (2)
• Blue Damsel (2)
• Blue Devil
• Blue Streak prawn Goby
• Three Spot Damsel
• Yellow Backed Damsel
• Orange Tree Gorgorian
• White carnation Tree
• Devil's
• Hand Leather Coral
• Condy Anemone
• Sea Cucumber (3)
• yellow Star Polyps
• Blue-legged Hermit crab
• Horseshoe Crab
This tang, unlike others I’ve had would not eat romaine lettuce. He would, however, gobble frozen brine shrimp, Tetra Marine flakes and just about anything else he was offered. His color was good and he had no sign of being attacked by other residents of the tank. I’ve never seen anything else go after him. All other residents in the tank appear healthy. I have had other fish in my tank for years, but the “hardy tangs” just don’t like me. Any advice would be great, but I hope you don’t tell me to tear my tank down and throw it away.