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11-21-2007, 07:28 PM
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A fifteen gallon aquarium housing 5 fish and other creatures means that you are overstocked, I think. I have five fish in a 29 gallon and I consider myself to be right at the limit. As others have said, the tangs are going to need a new home regardless.
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11-21-2007, 07:57 PM
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Do some water changes and buy some ich medicine that doesn't contain metals. Most SW LFS have it available. Wais & Elite carry it for sure and I am sure Gold would too.
Now that said IME tangs are ich-magnets. They can develop ich spots just from stress and then they can be gone a few hours or days later. If you want to run a nano tank which I would consider both yours to be, you will have better success if you stock it accordingly. If you want more fish then you need to have a system with equipment that can handle the bioload and a fluval filter doesn't cut it. Sorry, you will have to spend some more $$$$ unless you stay with a FOWLR.
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 Greg Last edited by Snappy; 11-22-2007 at 04:28 AM.
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11-21-2007, 07:57 PM
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Almost all fish stores copper there fish only tanks as well as a lot of public aquariums with fish only displays as they cannot afford huge losses.
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11-22-2007, 04:07 AM
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My 15 gallon tank seemed perfect though and my blue tang never seemed to have a problem. My yellow tang as of now doesn't seem to have any spots and the tank seems back to normal. Of course, I don't know that for sure though.
So should I just leave it with the 5 fish I have now? I do have 5 snails in the tank too.
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11-22-2007, 04:16 AM
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And again, because I just wung this from the beginning, I have no idea what tests I should be doing and what kind of test kit to buy. I have always done my water changes though. What would be my best option? Also, Is my yellow tang suffering in any way by being "cooped" up in a 32 G then?
Thanks for all the advise. This site is great! And I would like to assure the guy wondering if I am some fake troll account trying to do something extraordinary besides obtaining advise on fish, that I am absolutely real and that I really really do just want fish advise!!! 
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11-22-2007, 04:42 AM
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Welcome to Canreef. What are all the types of fish you have? The tangs need to go for sure unless they are really small but even then they will need a bigger home down the road. As for testing for starters you need to test for Nitrate, Ammonia, and Nitrite.
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11-22-2007, 04:58 AM
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Tangs need lots of swimming room, a tank that is 6 feet long is an ideal home for this type of fish. IMO a tang should not be in a tank less than 90g.
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