Success keeping achilles

[untamed]

I lost mine at about 3 years. It had ich the entire time, so it is hard for me to believe that ich killed him. Maybe it just took that long to wear down his immune system... Or maybe it was something else.

[tang daddy]

Thanks for sharing the excellent advice guys, I would not consider putting a larger tang in my 75g because I know they like to swim...

So some success has to do with quarantining the fish, making sure it eats well, giving it lots of flow, O2 and zero nitrates. I figured they are ich magnets just like the powder I owned and had great success keeping it.

[Ryan]

75g is way too small for an achilles.

[Tracey2]

I haven't had mine as long as some others on here but its about 2years. He does get a few spots now and then and I bump up the garlic. He eats lots of nori and loves frozen plankton, I take sheets of nori/seaweed and drip selcon, vitamin C and Zoe on them and rub it in with a garlic clove then let the sheets sit to dry, sounds like alot of work but I do enough to last 2-3 weeks. He does love flow and can be aggressive toward the other tangs in the tank especially my hippo. I hope to keep him happy for many more years, he is gorgeous. His name is Axel and I think he will need a bigger tank soon or I will have to remove the naso and the hippo, he has no beefs with the purple tang

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by Tracey2

I haven't had mine as long as some others on here but its about 2years. He does get a few spots now and then and I bump up the garlic. He eats lots of nori and loves frozen plankton, I take sheets of nori/seaweed and drip selcon, vitamin C and Zoe on them and rub it in with a garlic clove then let the sheets sit to dry, sounds like alot of work but I do enough to last 2-3 weeks. He does love flow and can be aggressive toward the other tangs in the tank especially my hippo. I hope to keep him happy for many more years, he is gorgeous. His name is Axel and I think he will need a bigger tank soon or I will have to remove the naso and the hippo, he has no beefs with the purple tang

Beautiful fish Tracy, thanks for sharing the tips on the recipe... What size tank is the Achilles in?

[Tracey2]

He's in a 270g but 450g system. I see that he is getting more aggressive and to keep him happy will either upgrade or move at least the hippo that he hates

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by Tracey2

I haven't had mine as long as some others on here but its about 2years. He does get a few spots now and then and I bump up the garlic. He eats lots of nori and loves frozen plankton, I take sheets of nori/seaweed and drip selcon, vitamin C and Zoe on them and rub it in with a garlic clove then let the sheets sit to dry, sounds like alot of work but I do enough to last 2-3 weeks. He does love flow and can be aggressive toward the other tangs in the tank especially my hippo. I hope to keep him happy for many more years, he is gorgeous. His name is Axel and I think he will need a bigger tank soon or I will have to remove the naso and the hippo, he has no beefs with the purple tang

Hey Tracey, what kind of Vitamin C do you use?

[Tracey2]

I just use kent liquid vitamin.

[Reefie]

My Achilles likes to swim right in front of my Tunze 6015. Kinda reminds me of a treadmill. Haha!
Mine doesn't mind being in a BC29.