Stlrockguy
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Just lost my first tang. Wasn't anywhere as active as this little guy. Does he look healthy
Healthy or not
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AquaRick
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Can't really tell from that pic, but Blue tangs are very prone to ich. Stress from a small tank, aggressive tank mates, and other things can easily set them off. It looks like that's a QT that you have him in. That's a good start.
Do you know what caused your 1st tang to die?
Do you know what caused your 1st tang to die?
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Stlrockguy
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It's in qt. just curious about there behavior. How to tell if they are healthy or what not. He's a swimmer. All over the tank
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Stlrockguy
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Also he's not even 2" long
AquaRick
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Ah good. How's the tang eating? Are you treating with copper?
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Stlrockguy
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Hasn't ate yet. Just got him earlier. No I'm doing a hypo treatment ATM
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Stlrockguy
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But eating didn't tell me mug about the one I lost. Got him Saturday. Didn't eat Sunday. Ate like a chance yesterday and died today. Didn't make since to me
Rmckoy
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I have a powder blue tang that I just bought .
The first night was kinda hard ,
He is settled now ,
But speaking if eating he is picking at algae but when I fed the tank he never ate .
Either he was to slow and everything else ate it or he wasn't hungry .
I dosed the whole tank with amino acid( contains copper ( very little percentage )
Does copper only have to do with QT or tangs ?
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Stlrockguy
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You only want to use copper in qt. corals and inverts are very sensitive to copper hyposalinaty works just as well in a qt.
Rmckoy
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I started a thread with subject amino acid .
I posted pictures of the bottle and label
Apparently the LFS swears by it
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Stlrockguy
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I was reading that. It's got a lot of trace metals in it. I'd be afraid to use it myself. I've done a lot of research but I've only had salt water tanks for about 3 months. A friend of mine told me not to add anything unless I check the levels first. Kinda like to calcium dosing without checking lvls of calcium. Need that right amount
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