Any Experience With Achilles?

[Trigger Man]

I have one in QT with no problems right now a little over 5" long and has been eating from day 1. It eats nori, all types of pellets and some mysis (I found mysis was a pain in the beginning) and even now the Achilles just nibbles bits and pieces. I talked to Marie about keeping one and she was very helpful. Right now I've been feeding it 5 times daily and it is getting nice and fat, so now it just a matter of deciding when to put it in the main display tank, and hope everyone gets along. (I did use NSF ick medication as a preventative from the beginning).
I would like to hear more from others who have had this fish.

[seanoman]

Yeah it gets all excited when the mysis goes in the tank, but has yet to grab one and eat it. My dussumieri tang, wouldn't touch mysis either for about a month or so. He was strictly eating nori. He only started to go after the mysis, when I put the achilles in.

[EmilyB]

Well, they are herbivores...

Spirulina flake and they do like those OSI spirulina nibblers very much.

[seanoman]

No i know they are herbivores, but I was just curious if maybe it was something in it's diet that was taking away its colour. It has no problem eating any algea of any type and it is getting a belly on it.

[marie]

Usually loss of colour is a sign of stress, my achilles looked like a powder brown hybrid (greyish) the whole time he was in quarantine but the day after he went into the display tank his colour came back. He may still be expecting the regal to jump out of the rocks at him and may take a while to feel comfortable in his new surroundings.

Do you have any other fish in the tank that is bigger then him that he might feel a bit threatened by?

[wickedfrags]

Congrats on finding one that size! I am looking for one, likely the last tang to go in my tank. And from previous experience, if it is eating, it will be be fine. A little ick is to be expected.

[Trigger Man]

Originally Posted by wickedfrags.com

Congrats on finding one that size! I am looking for one, likely the last tang to go in my tank. And from previous experience, if it is eating, it will be be fine. A little ick is to be expected.

Good to know that if it is eating it should be fine. Now I just have to decide how long is enough in qt when it is showing great coloring, eating and no signs of disease. Is 2 weeks enough?

[seanoman]

Originally Posted by marie

Usually loss of colour is a sign of stress, my achilles looked like a powder brown hybrid (greyish) the whole time he was in quarantine but the day after he went into the display tank his colour came back. He may still be expecting the regal to jump out of the rocks at him and may take a while to feel comfortable in his new surroundings.

Do you have any other fish in the tank that is bigger then him that he might feel a bit threatened by?

Hey thanks for the replies. Marie the way you described it looking like a powder brown hybrid (greyish) would be exactly what I would say it looks like. It seems however that when we go down to look at him, he slowly gets better colouring. Which makes me think something else is picking on him, But I have never seen anything other than the regal show any aggression.

The other fish in the tank are:

6 - Green Chromis
2 - Red Fire Fish
1 - Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse
1 - Green Coris Wrasse
1 - Raccoon Butterfly
1 - Sunburst Anthias
1 - Dussumieri Tang

Originally Posted by wickedfrags.com

Congrats on finding one that size! I am looking for one, likely the last tang to go in my tank. And from previous experience, if it is eating, it will be be fine. A little ick is to be expected.

It's not the ick I am concerned about, its the pale colour.

Like I said, I got the fish from Dan at Aquatic Addictions in Abby here. He has gotten 3 in lately and they have all been the same size. I know he ships, you should give him a call.