Powder Blue Tang

[jedchuah]

The PB is 4 in in length. There are other
fishes in the tank:-

1 common clown
1 blue damsel
1 dotty back.

 

[Jimbo3006]

ive seen a couple of ppl have trouble with these fish, one used boiled lettuce leaves, another tried culerpa. the lettuce worked and the culerpa didnt, but they are all different, so try both.

 

[esmithiii]

Probably the best thing you could do for your tang is to take him back to where you got him. Tangs need lots of swimming space (at least 4' linear feet, preferably 6') and plenty of places to hide.

This particular fish is more difficult to keep. Check out these links:

Powder Blue Tang Poll

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[jedchuah]

My powder blue is n my tank for alomost
2 weeks now. It doesn't seem to eat any food
except the algae in my tank. Is this their main
diet in their natural environment?

can I blend my own say, prawns etc and feed it
or any form of vegetables?

I'm afraid it won't survive if it refuses to eat.

I have a 30 gallon tank with some live rock in it
with hang on protein skimmer plus Hagen Bio Filter
and Hagen Fluval 4 internal filter- buts its overtaking space in my tank!

If I want to upgrade to say 100 gallon tank, and
choose top have a sump do i need to have
wet/dry filter-since the biological filtration is already managed by the live rock and sand.

Can I just have skimmer followed by some
form of mechanical filtration alone.

Anyone help!

Newbie

 

[jwtrojan44]

Can I inquire as to how big the tang is? It's almost a moot point as the fish will probably not fare well in a tank that size, coupled with the fact that it has not eaten much in two weeks. How much do you know about these particular fish, and are there other fish in the tank with the PB?

 

[Big Red]

I agree, although it is a beautiful fish, you will feel very bad watching this fish waste away and die. Do the right thing and return the fish.
When you upgrade to the 100gal, make this fish your prize of the tank. It will love the space as long as you have lots of rock and water movement.
Good Luck

 

[mjc]

The PB Tang is great looking fish. I have a 55 with with 80# LR, 30# LS and approx. 14" of other assorted fish (clowns, coral beauty, hippo tang, gobies) and coral and considered a 3" PB Tang. The LFS mentioned it'll be very difficult to keep alive in a tank of that size as they do need a lot of room to swim and hide, something in the order of 125+, along the lines of what esmithiii suggests. He also mentioned the fish may become pale in color if "unhappy".

 

[Anonymous]

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<strong>The LFS mentioned it'll be very difficult to keep alive in a tank of that size as they do need a lot of room to swim and hide, something in the order of 125+, along the lines of what esmithiii suggests. He also mentioned the fish may become pale in color if "unhappy".

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Woohoo!!! That LFS is a keeper! Not many would do that!

I agree with the majority of the people in this thread. Way back when I first started my tank, my LFS told me it would be a fine first fish for my 75g. Poor guy made it about 4 days. This is the same LFS that has no problem selling a hippo or a naso to someone with a 30g tank.

 

[SPC]

Posted by Tan:
This is the same LFS that has no problem selling a hippo or a naso to someone with a 30g tank.

-Or a 55

.
Steve

 

[naesco]

esmithiii gives good advice take it back to the store and get yourself a small fish instead.