pacific blue hopped

[buleetu]

hi

i got a pacific blue tang today,hes a baby and is fairly small compared to the adults ive seen

problem is he got out of the bag when i was acclimatising him to the tank,now he is just hiding in the bottom corner of the tank,

will he live?????

 

[Meloco14]

Only time will tell if he lives. If your tank water is very similar to the water from the LFS there shouldn't be too much problem. My biggest concern is why are you adding a fish to your tank? Didn't you just start a thread about shrimp dying? And in that thread didn't you mention yourself that your tank is still young and needs time to settle? I hope the tank from that thread and the tank that this tang is in are two different tanks. Adding living animals to a tank that you know is not ready for them is just cruel. On top of that you chose a tang, which is a fish that isn't very hardy and should be added to an aged tank with algae to forage on. And on top of that you added a baby, and I'm sure you know that babies of any living animal are more fragile than adolescents or adults. I truly hope that your tang survives, but if it does die you can't blame it on the lack of acclimation. I apologize if this comes off as being too harsh, but this forum is about learning and helping, and if you did put this tang into the tank that is killing shrimp then you must not be learning...

 

[Anonymous]

I agree with Meloco. You should never put a tang in an unestablished tank.

IME I have lost too many fish to rushing. PATIENCE!!

 

[Anonymous]

Weather it lives or dies remains to bee seen. You need to give your tank a few weeks before you add anything else. Slow down on adding the livestock or you will end up killing lots of fish and stuff.

 

[buleetu]

the guy in the shop told me it would be kool to add the tang,we tested the water the other day and everything is fine,shrimp are just more fragile than other inverts,

and yes melco thats a little harsh,but i appriciate ur honesty,i dont get that in my LFS

all my parametres are fine and there wont be anything going in now for a couple of weeks,i have 2 small clowns and the small tang,how long would u guys recommend waiting any way??????

the tang seems fine now so fingers crossed he will be okay

talk soon

david

 

[Meloco14]

I am glad to hear the tang is doing well so far. Be wary of advice you get in shops. There are a lot of very helpful, knowledgeable people working in stores, but there are also a lot who are just looking to make a buck off of the inexperienced. So take anything you hear from them with caution, and look for second or third opinions. That is the great thing about a resource like this forum. You can learn from the experiences of other people, and we are all here because we love the hobby, not because we are trying to sell something. It looks like the parameters that your LFS tested in your water are fine for fish. However, that does not say anything about swings or spikes throughout the day and night or in the coming weeks. It takes time for your tank to settle, and it will take time for you to settle into a routine of dosing calcium and alkalinity. Personally, I like to wait about a month after the cycle finishes before adding a fish. But a lot of people can add fish sooner and be successful. Remember that every fish added puts more load on your biological filtration, and will take time for the bio filtration to catch up. So don't add too many fish at once, or too many in too short of a time. This is all relative to the size of your tank, though. Off the top of my head I would say wait at least 2 weeks between additions to your tank. As for right now, I would wait at least a month before adding any more fish to the tank. Also, in my experience I have found cleaner shrimp to be rather hardy for inverts, not more fragile than other inverts as you were told. This is why IMO if your tank is killing cleaner shrimp it is a danger to fish as well. Inverts like clams, anemones, and star fish are much more fragile than shrimp. Depending on your lighting, you might want to consider some easy corals as your next addition to your tank. Mushrooms or other soft corals are fairly tolerant of water conditions and can actually help stablilize your water. Anyway, remember to be patient before adding your next fish, and take this time to research the species you want to add and ask for people's advice on this forum. HTH

 

[bleedingthought]

One thing, real quick, make sure you have a pretty varied diet for your three fish. Flakes, pellets, frozen, and definitely some nori (dried, unflavored seaweed used to make sushi) or algae sheets. Add a piece about the size of a credit card and see how much your tang will consume in a day. Just make sure it's always available for him to munch on, but don't let the same piece sit in your tank for too long. This is specially important if you don't have a lot of live rock or algae in the tank. :wink:

 

[MartinJ]

Hi David,

Sounds like your LFS is more interested in making money than giving good advice. (I think this is a pretty common problem.)

To sell you a Tang when your tank is so new is pretty cynical IMO.

Trust advice from people who aren't making money out of you!

Best of luck anyway.

 

[Anonymous]

David,

I'm with Meloco on this. Your going way to fast. You need to take that golden spoon out of your mouth and do some serious reading.
In one of the many threads you've started you said you had a 37.5g tank, in another thread you stated it was a 24g nano. Regardless of which one it is both of those tanks are too small to keep a tang succesfully. You should really research what your buying before you buy it. That way, your pets might live longer. :roll: