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02-13-2008, 01:06 AM
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Sal you have several problems.
Your tank is too small to accommodate one of the tangs you have chosen let alone three. Your newest naso is stressed out. A clown tang is extremely vicious and is almost impossible to keep even by expert tang keepers. Naso's are also difficult but not impossible. You need to get rid of, at the minimum, two of them. In the short term move the naso to your quarantine tank. Put some rockwork in so that he can hid and feel safe. Keep the lights off or dim. Do not approach the tank except to feed her. You are adding to the stress. Feed brown alge which is the natural food of this species instead of green algae. Try soaking the algae and all other food with garlic extract (not juice) and selcon vitamins. Try also a little mysis and worms. IME, the fish is stressed and will not eat in your main tank and therefore is starving. It is also possible if this tang is from the Philippines or Indonesia where the use of cyanide is rampant, that it is dying a slow death from cyanide. Thank you Wayne 
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02-13-2008, 01:12 AM
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I would go with sheets of algae or nori possibly with a few drops of garlic on it. Best case scenario is to sell it to me cause you know when it came in we were all drooling over it
 Just kidding I really hope it pulls through for you!
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02-13-2008, 02:59 AM
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well your fish is the 3-6-9 fish
first 3 weeks is very touch and go for being in your tank, lots ofthem don't make it next is the 6 week mark is a important one too getting use to the tank and tryingto keep the ICK down. then the 9 week mark after the 9 week mark the fis hwill have a good life , if the tank conditions are good
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02-13-2008, 03:16 AM
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Hmmm
I agree with Naesco. Too much and problems in the works I think. Cyanide a possibility. But for now, definately lots of Nori and keep the variety coming and cross your fingers..Isolation a big plus but moving it now might add excess stress. Good luck I hope he pulls through..
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02-13-2008, 03:44 AM
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Achilles tangs come from hawaii and as far as I know there are no cyanide caught fish coming from hawaii so cyanide is out.
One of the big problems with achilles (after you get past the poor shipping record ) is getting them to adjust to captive life, eating prepared foods is one of those things the tang is going to have to adjust to...many won't adjust and they die  . Having 3 other tangs in the tank won't help either
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02-13-2008, 06:49 AM
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Sal. Make sure you you have your quarantine tank extremely well oxygenated. Throw in a bubbler and place a power head near the surface. Wayne
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02-13-2008, 04:47 AM
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Just wondering, were your other tangs picking on the achilles? On a side note, is your clown tang vicious? I just got a clown tang and so far he's on the bottom of the tang totem pole in my tank but I'm worried that might change as he gets bigger.
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02-13-2008, 06:26 AM
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The Achilles was from Hawaii and it was a very healthy, fat and clean specimen. It just seems to be having some troubles adjusting as they tend to do but with some luck I'm sure he'll pull through.
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02-13-2008, 06:53 AM
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Definitely not a good reef fish to have.
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