Worst Month Yet.

[mattdean]

OK so you realize you rushed the stocking of your tank and didn't take precautions that you should have. BUT, when I was reading the fish list, I assumed you at least a 180 or bigger. That was WAY too many fish for a 90!! The clown tang is aggressive, the powder blue is very sensitive, the angel needs a bigger tank even without all the other fish. The Kole was fine and the clowns, of course. But, unless you have some serious filtration and do water changes a LOT, like twice a week, you were going to have losses.

Research more and have more restraint on stocking and you will have more success.

[naesco]

Tony you have been a member since May and there have been tons of threads on this forum on stocking, tangs, angels, ich and the patience necessary for this hobby.

And, no most reefers do not go through what you went through because they read the forum posts and learn from the experience.

The decision for you is: You have ignored the experience of others. Are you now going to learn from your own experience?

So, what are you going to do?

[gobytron]

Don't you love all the positive feedback and support you can find here Tony...

don't let any of these bleeding hearts get you down, everyone has a learning curve when they first get into reefing.

Some people really enjoy and excell at research and its application...others simply have to learn as they go and maybe even thats part of the attraction for a lot of reefers...trial and error.

Many people go through this same thing or very similar situations...even if they don't post it up for fear of people who are so intensely wrapped up in their small world of beliefs and false morals that they dress their fish up and photograph them...just to make some statement that they have somehow given themelves the right to police the industry...lol

Don't sweat the crybabies and learn where and when you can, whichever way suits your M.O.

This is a good community for the most part and not everyone will jump down your throat for making statements like this, so take note of the people who just want to preach and avoid them when looking to ask questions.

You should definitely consider setting up a temporary tank for your remaining fish and letting the illness run its course in your tank with no hosts for reproduction you should be worry free in 2 - 3 months and in the meantime, you can add a coral or two and let your tank settle and establish itself.

You can also use the other tank (I have one you can borrow) to treat your remaining fish with a simple hyposalinity treatment to ensure they dont just reintroduce the Ich to your tank when things are safe in your display again.

This is all really easy to do, it will just take a little patience...

[sphelps]

Both powder blues and clown tangs are pretty hard to keep, lots of people have gone through the same thing. I'd avoid those fish and go with something a little easier until you're a little more experienced.

The solution isn't a bigger tank, just start out with some easier fish rather than the super finicky ones. Also when you're starting out a decent size UV sterilizer can help avoid problems with ich, for example if you had one the ich MAY not have come back.

[Milad]

im tempted to buy a powder blue even though everyone is telling me not too

dont listen to shelps, bigger is always better, thats why my gf says (wait i dont have one). hehehe. I have a 180g and im already thinking of upgrading to a 600g so i can have a sohal and a powder blue and 3 pairs of clowns.

everyone is right about "decide on what fish you want first" problem with that statement is I didnt know what I wanted until I had the tank running for 3 months. Thats when I started finding all these other cool fish such as the powder blue, sohal, Achilles.

so if you can find me a great deal on a 600g peninsula, ill sell you my 180g for a decent price

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Milad

dont listen to shelps, bigger is always better

Yeah you're right, instead of investing in better equipment and avoiding finicky fish until the experience and equipment match the fish requirements it would be better to throw all your money into a larger tank. That would have saved him

Bigger is not always better, in fact if your tank was larger you would have likely had more fish and lost a bigger investment.