Most stressful fish I've ever owned - achilles tang

[guysmiley]

Good job! I also feel that intervening is not always the best approach. Unless you're ready to catch all of the fish in your tank and treat them all then it's waste of time and you risk further stressing out the fish.

Hypo works but you have to leave the tank fishless for up to 6 weeks to get rid of the parasites in the tank (I'm sure you know this already) otherwise the treated fish will simply become re infected.


I hope it stays healthy! I've always liked those fish.
Garrick.

[Doug]

Nothing like a healthy enviroment, to help with illness.

[digital-audiophile]

Originally Posted by Doug

Nothing like a healthy enviroment, to help with illness.

And Garlic

[untamed]

My Achillies has never truly kicked it completely. Like yours, it went through a bad patch shortly after entering the tank. Now, it has settled into an ongoing minor thing.

Have you seen him flash his colours when he gets upset about something? It is really difficult to get a picture of...but his top/bottom fins will go red/orange and his belly will go white. Nice fish.

[mark]

ouch.

[Chin_Lee]

99% recovery and eating gracillaria. Amazing what this fish went through in five days.....






Thought I would throw in a picture of my mystery wrasse..... this guy is really cool.......

[Jason McK]

What a story. Fabulous looking fish.

J