New yellow tang.

[fishman]

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Quick update. I have now had my yellow tang in QT since Dec 11 which is now 2.5 weeks and still healthy! I do have a concern. I have fed it a very small clip of Nori each day and it eats it over a period of about 3-4 hours. I have no water quality issues - which is GREAT for me!! Long story....
Anyway, all I have fed it is the nori...no mysis or anything. Will the keep it healthy? Im concerned since its a tang about HLLE? So far it looks great. I dont want to use any chemical additives like vitamin C or anything. Should I feed it anything else? I did put a few little mysis in there and it just floats past the tang...doenst act interested. Again its a 2 year old tang..
Thanks!

 

[melosu58]

They are herbivores so you`ll be OK. Wait and feed it mysis when he gets in the main tank. As long as he`s getting his greens then he should be OK. How much longer till he goes into the main?

 

[fishman]

Well he has been in there for 2 weeks so 4 more to go. Like I said he does get nori every day so I was hoping this would do until he goes in the main.

 

[fishman]

Update: Well I kept the tang in QT for over 5 weeks and he is now in the main happy!!!! Also I have a regal in the tank as well and I was prepared for them 2 to duke it out. Not so much.....they are now sort of swimming together except my regal isnt to thrilled yet about having a swimming buddy...but at least they are not fighting.
So Im now going to go to the LFS and pick up 2 more small fish. ANy suggestions? I have a 100 gallon with a regal, yellow, false perc and damsel. Im open to any suggestions.

 

[melosu58]

They are not fighting because they are not same color and body shape. congrats on the new addition to the tank. My suggestion would be a Goby. Maybe a sand sifter Goby. I`m glad everything is doing OK