tang not looking well

[danny zubot]

My advice would be lend the fish to someone with a large tank until you get your bigger tank. That way you ensure it's survival. I'd be shocked if it lived in you 20 gallon tank until the new tank is setup and cycled.

[OCDP]

Bahh, sorry I am of no help to your problem.

Hope the fish pulls through

[Jason McK]

Do you want advise on how to help the fish?
Well it's likely a stress issue. How do we eliminate the stress. Find a home for the fish that is more suited to it's requirement.

J

[trilinearmipmap]

My advice would be.

1. Check all parameters: temperature, salinity, pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate.

2. Double check the salinity (use a refractometer if you can borrow one) and the pH and temperature using someone else's meter - one time my temp in a FW tank was off by 6 degrees due to measurement error.

3. Do water changes for example 20% daily for several days, or some similar amount of water changes.

4. Don't medicate.

5. Optimize your feeding, make sure he has Nori available 24/7, offer also frozen mysis as well as flake.

I kept a Yellow Tang in a 20 gallon quarantine tank, after 3 or 4 weeks it wasn't doing well at all, his health picked up just fine when he went into my 120. I just couldn't keep up with the amount of waste product he produced in a small 20 gallon tank.

Good luck.

[Invigor]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

Find a home for the fish that is more suited to it's requirement.

yea, back in the ocean where it belongs.

try feeding it well, if it doesn't like eating, try soaking the food in selcon or garlic extract. the best way to heal a fish is to feed it

also provide ample cover or a place to hide to reduce stress, keep the lights dim, etc.

and don't be discouraged by the "OMG YOU HAVE A TANG IN A 20GALLON YOU'RE INSANE!!!". one of the healthiest tangs I've ever seen in captivity lives in a 29 gal tank

[adidas]

Originally Posted by Invigor

yea, back in the ocean where it belongs.

try feeding it well, if it doesn't like eating, try soaking the food in selcon or garlic extract. the best way to heal a fish is to feed it

also provide ample cover or a place to hide to reduce stress, keep the lights dim, etc.

and don't be discouraged by the "OMG YOU HAVE A TANG IN A 20GALLON YOU'RE INSANE!!!". one of the healthiest tangs I've ever seen in captivity lives in a 29 gal tank

thanks for the help

[adidas]

Originally Posted by trilinearmipmap

My advice would be.

1. Check all parameters: temperature, salinity, pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate.

2. Double check the salinity (use a refractometer if you can borrow one) and the pH and temperature using someone else's meter - one time my temp in a FW tank was off by 6 degrees due to measurement error.

3. Do water changes for example 20% daily for several days, or some similar amount of water changes.

4. Don't medicate.

5. Optimize your feeding, make sure he has Nori available 24/7, offer also frozen mysis as well as flake.

I kept a Yellow Tang in a 20 gallon quarantine tank, after 3 or 4 weeks it wasn't doing well at all, his health picked up just fine when he went into my 120. I just couldn't keep up with the amount of waste product he produced in a small 20 gallon tank.

Good luck.

Thanks!! will do that all and see what happens.

[ref leppard]

Guess what ! I got one PowderBlue Tang ,4 in living in a 33gal since Jan 30 2005.He lives with his buddy(neon goby)Loves eating flakes ,not to crazy on frozen foods.

[naesco]

I too am disappointed.

Adidas should know better.

Give the fish to someone with a tank that can accommodate a tang.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by naesco

I too am disappointed.

Adidas should know better.

Give the fish to someone with a tank that can accommodate a tang.

my tang is doing ok..... he is tiny, he will be fine for another month til i get a new tank.

why should I give him away? I paid for him, i'm keeping him.