Most stressful fish I've ever owned - achilles tang

[marie]

I've had my achilles for 1 1/2 yrs now and has never had any signs of ich, the first 8 weeks I had him though I was never sure he was going to make it.
For those that are interested, here is a thread on the marine depot board of the problems I had in the first few weeks

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic37757-10-1.aspx

I do have to say it was all worth the troubles of quarantining all my fish, as I said I have never had obvious signs ich in my display tank

[EmilyB]

Marie, what size was your AT ? I ask because although I got mine healthy, it paced and wasn't happy, it may have been too large a capture

[marie]

He was around 3" when I got him.

[Chin_Lee]

Well the achilles in my LPS tank started eating mysis and flake foods today........ over a month after being in the tank. He still looks terrible but its a good sign he's accepting other foods other than nori.

[Skimmer Juice]

Chin di you try cupprimine? It is not nearly as harsh as copper. I used cupprimine on my lnghorn cowfish, wich are believed to be very hard fish to treat. I have also used it on my mappa puffer, you should try this method in a qt tank, it has never let me down. Good luck with the fish, I hate when I have a sick fish, nothing worse.

[Chin_Lee]

He's in my display LPS tank and I've contemplated several times whether or not to intervene which would mean catching him out and into a QT tank. I've decided against intervening each time just because of the stress factor and the fact that he's eating nori very well and not exhibiting any sick behavior.

[untamed]

My Achillies also eats a wide variety of food such as clam, squid, octopus...the basic mixed seafood that you get in the bag from T&T. Likes nori also, but clearly not a 100% vegan.

Oh yes, like Formula 1 and 2 pellets also.