some ppl say tbhat this is a hard to keep fish i just recently purchased one with no problems as of yet this fish for me so far has been easy to keep. just wondering if i could get some sucses tips
Adam - I think one very important element to keeping Tangs healthy is related to what we feed them. The below post has some great links to advise on what to feed our marine fish & in particular grazing fish like tangs. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/842674-post16.html Good Luck with your new tang, they are beautiful fish - post us a pic of him
Wlyon a pwdr blue is different then a blue tang [hippo] Adam a pwdr blue is a hard fish to keep, especially in the sense of water quality and tank size. It needs to be kept in a well established aged tank of a size big enough for it to roam as these guys are consintently on the move grazing. How old is your tank and what size and what size is the fish???? How long have you had him? They are very prone to ich and the least little thing that stresses them, they well have it. Feed him mainly veggies, Baby organic spinish leaves on a clip, the tender part of romaine lettuce leaf, nori and formula two flake food which well also have the protein they do also need. Also Hykari frozen spiralina fed brine and only use Hykari as the others are pretty much junk in the way they feed and process the brine. Another thing is these are very very territorial and should be one of the last fish added in the tank unless you want the new additions hammered on pretty hard.
i have a 125gallon tank and 160 total volume tank,the tank is two years old and iv pretty much got my tank fully stocked,one blue spot goby,one watchman goby.one zebra goby,a lawn mower blenny,one black flametail blenny,two clown and a copper banded butterfly,and the blue powder tang and an 6 line wrass so there is really no adding any more fish ive pretty much got what i want but i did see a fairy wrass the other day for the first time in person and im thinkin about tradin in my six line.ive had the powder blu for a lil over a week he did not stress when i didped him and put him in the qt i was really im pressed i really thouhgt he would stress and get itch he eat right the bat nailed the nori sheets and loves the brine he was the best blue powder tang iv ever seen come through a fish store usualy there emacicated and got ich all over them but htis one was like a freakin thourghbread
ive been feeding the h2o brand of mysis and brine thats got sprilina in it , ll post a pic of the fish later today thank you guys for all the tips im so exited about my powder blue,i want to make sure i can give him the best care possible
Fairy Wrass probably won't last long unless you have a lid of some sort......netting or whatever.....just FYI.....
