My New Black Tang!!!!!!!!! - Page 3

DJ88© · 02/18/2006, 03:33 PM

Feed him. LOTS. Especially Nori. For the next while make sure you have a good supply of seaweed or Nori for him to eat. Acually you should be feeding it lots of those foods anyways. I feed my Black Tang a fair chunk of Nori every second day.

Remember that Tangs are herbivores.

Good luck. If you can get it past this and keep it healthy they are a beautiful fish.

sethd12 · 02/18/2006, 03:37 PM

ok, thanks. do you have any recommendations for me to get him to fatten up a little bit? i have been soaking everything i feed him in vitamins and have feed at least 4 times a day along with seaweed.

DJ88© · 02/18/2006, 03:38 PM

Mysis and Nori.

Lots. That is all I feed. I don't soak but you can with Vitamins or something along those lines.

Well not so much that it pollutes your tank.

sethd12 · 02/18/2006, 03:40 PM

ok, thanks. have you ever had any experience with pimfix. i put that in my tank to help with the body fungus that he has.

sethd12 · 02/18/2006, 04:03 PM

The first day:2-16-06

The third day:2-18-06

What do you guys think so be my next step? I am feeding numerous times a day along with seaweed. I am also treating the entire system with Pimafix. Should I keep going this route or try something else?

sethd12 · 02/18/2006, 04:21 PM

If you guys think I can stop the medicine, I would love to. It is making me feel sick whenever I am in the room because of the odor, it makes the corals all small, and makes the tank water gross.

DJ88© · 02/18/2006, 04:29 PM

Seth,

I haven't used anything to treat a fish in my own tank in years. If you have a Q tank I'd treat the fella in there. But based on my own experiences catching a fish in a reef. The best I can suggest is feed him well and cross your fingers.

I don't like adding chemicals and such to my tank. Always bothered me.

I really hope your fish can make it past this. They are an amazing fish when they are fat n happy.

sethd12 · 02/18/2006, 04:34 PM

yes they are. i think i will go one for day with the medicine and then take it out because i just dont like it in my reef tank. he loves brine shrimp so ive been feeding him that along with seaweed. he is becoming fatter by the hour so i think he will be ok but im still worried because hes so pretty and i spent so much money on him.

thanks for the advice!!!!

DJ88© · 02/18/2006, 05:42 PM

A word of advice. Brine shrimp for the most part aren't that nutritious. Kinda like popcorn. Fish love the taste.. but it doesn't do much for them nutritionally.

If you can. Look for Mysis.

GOOD LUCK!

sethd12 · 02/18/2006, 08:16 PM

i usually use mysis, but he just hasnt learned to like it yet (hes only been out of the ocean for about a week)

sethd12 · 02/19/2006, 05:46 PM

he has now started to like mysis a little, but still not as much as brine shrimp. i have been feeding many times a day. his stomach is still pinched. he has fought off the fungus but he caught a few spots of ich. what can i feed other than seaweed and mysis to try to fatten him up?

DJ88© · 02/19/2006, 05:53 PM

IME those are your two best options.. Just keep feeding him regularly.. It will come.

sethd12 · 02/19/2006, 05:57 PM

ok!! i will do. thanks. i will update in a few days.

DJ88© · 02/19/2006, 06:00 PM

I'll see if I can get a pic of my Black Tang.

Just for inspiration.

sethd12 · 02/19/2006, 06:04 PM

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!i cant get a pic of him without using the flash because he is just so fast!!!

DJ88© · 02/19/2006, 06:27 PM

I think lucked out I think. I know how hard it is to get a good shot of something that is solid black.

Mine is also very used to see me at the tank watching. So he isn't so skittish.

sethd12 · 02/19/2006, 06:30 PM

WOW!!!!!!!!!absolutely beautiful. mine is not afraid of me, he is just way to fast for my camera to keep up!!!

ugination87 · 02/19/2006, 07:42 PM

wowvery pretty

hopper · 02/19/2006, 08:00 PM

You might also want to try some garlic juice sprayed on some of the nori you are feeding.

sethd12 · 02/22/2006, 03:59 PM

well the fungus is totally gone!! but he now has ich, but he is fighting it off very well!! i put him in a quarantine tank, but he is freaking out after 2 days being in there. but in the long run he should be fine.

02/18/2006, 03:33 PM	#51
DJ88© Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: BC. Canada. Posts: 14,351	Feed him. LOTS. Especially Nori. For the next while make sure you have a good supply of seaweed or Nori for him to eat. Acually you should be feeding it lots of those foods anyways. I feed my Black Tang a fair chunk of Nori every second day. Remember that Tangs are herbivores. Good luck. If you can get it past this and keep it healthy they are a beautiful fish. __________________ Darren Beauty fades.... Stupid is forever...... Current Tank Info: 34 Gal Solana with some lights.. and pumps that make water move. And fish...

02/18/2006, 03:37 PM	#52
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	ok, thanks. do you have any recommendations for me to get him to fatten up a little bit? i have been soaking everything i feed him in vitamins and have feed at least 4 times a day along with seaweed. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/18/2006, 03:38 PM	#53
DJ88© Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: BC. Canada. Posts: 14,351	Mysis and Nori. Lots. That is all I feed. I don't soak but you can with Vitamins or something along those lines. Well not so much that it pollutes your tank. __________________ Darren Beauty fades.... Stupid is forever...... Current Tank Info: 34 Gal Solana with some lights.. and pumps that make water move. And fish...

02/18/2006, 03:40 PM	#54
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	ok, thanks. have you ever had any experience with pimfix. i put that in my tank to help with the body fungus that he has. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/18/2006, 04:03 PM	#55
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	The first day:2-16-06 The third day:2-18-06 What do you guys think so be my next step? I am feeding numerous times a day along with seaweed. I am also treating the entire system with Pimafix. Should I keep going this route or try something else? __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/18/2006, 04:21 PM	#56
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	If you guys think I can stop the medicine, I would love to. It is making me feel sick whenever I am in the room because of the odor, it makes the corals all small, and makes the tank water gross. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/18/2006, 04:29 PM	#57
DJ88© Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: BC. Canada. Posts: 14,351	Seth, I haven't used anything to treat a fish in my own tank in years. If you have a Q tank I'd treat the fella in there. But based on my own experiences catching a fish in a reef. The best I can suggest is feed him well and cross your fingers. I don't like adding chemicals and such to my tank. Always bothered me. I really hope your fish can make it past this. They are an amazing fish when they are fat n happy. __________________ Darren Beauty fades.... Stupid is forever...... Current Tank Info: 34 Gal Solana with some lights.. and pumps that make water move. And fish...

02/18/2006, 04:34 PM	#58
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	yes they are. i think i will go one for day with the medicine and then take it out because i just dont like it in my reef tank. he loves brine shrimp so ive been feeding him that along with seaweed. he is becoming fatter by the hour so i think he will be ok but im still worried because hes so pretty and i spent so much money on him. thanks for the advice!!!! __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/18/2006, 05:42 PM	#59
DJ88© Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: BC. Canada. Posts: 14,351	A word of advice. Brine shrimp for the most part aren't that nutritious. Kinda like popcorn. Fish love the taste.. but it doesn't do much for them nutritionally. If you can. Look for Mysis. GOOD LUCK! __________________ Darren Beauty fades.... Stupid is forever...... Current Tank Info: 34 Gal Solana with some lights.. and pumps that make water move. And fish...

02/18/2006, 08:16 PM	#60
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	i usually use mysis, but he just hasnt learned to like it yet (hes only been out of the ocean for about a week) __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/19/2006, 05:46 PM	#61
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	he has now started to like mysis a little, but still not as much as brine shrimp. i have been feeding many times a day. his stomach is still pinched. he has fought off the fungus but he caught a few spots of ich. what can i feed other than seaweed and mysis to try to fatten him up? __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/19/2006, 05:53 PM	#62
DJ88© Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: BC. Canada. Posts: 14,351	IME those are your two best options.. Just keep feeding him regularly.. It will come. __________________ Darren Beauty fades.... Stupid is forever...... Current Tank Info: 34 Gal Solana with some lights.. and pumps that make water move. And fish...

02/19/2006, 05:57 PM	#63
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	ok!! i will do. thanks. i will update in a few days. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/19/2006, 06:00 PM	#64
DJ88© Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: BC. Canada. Posts: 14,351	I'll see if I can get a pic of my Black Tang. Just for inspiration. __________________ Darren Beauty fades.... Stupid is forever...... Current Tank Info: 34 Gal Solana with some lights.. and pumps that make water move. And fish...

02/19/2006, 06:04 PM	#65
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!i cant get a pic of him without using the flash because he is just so fast!!! __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/19/2006, 06:27 PM	#66
DJ88© Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: BC. Canada. Posts: 14,351	I think lucked out I think. I know how hard it is to get a good shot of something that is solid black. Mine is also very used to see me at the tank watching. So he isn't so skittish. __________________ Darren Beauty fades.... Stupid is forever...... Current Tank Info: 34 Gal Solana with some lights.. and pumps that make water move. And fish...

02/19/2006, 06:30 PM	#67
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	WOW!!!!!!!!!absolutely beautiful. mine is not afraid of me, he is just way to fast for my camera to keep up!!! __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

02/19/2006, 07:42 PM	#68
ugination87 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 98	wowvery pretty

02/19/2006, 08:00 PM	#69
hopper Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bossier City, La. Posts: 623	You might also want to try some garlic juice sprayed on some of the nori you are feeding.

02/22/2006, 03:59 PM	#70
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	well the fungus is totally gone!! but he now has ich, but he is fighting it off very well!! i put him in a quarantine tank, but he is freaking out after 2 days being in there. but in the long run he should be fine. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef