Hardest Powders To Keep..

[akahoshi]

Hi all,

Which PBT is the hardest to keep? Powder Blue? Powder Black? Powder Brown?

[gerald8]

Hardly see any Powder Black. Anyone knows ?

[tineng]

powder black is not as hard as it seems......you just need to do proper QT and have enough algae to feed them till fat fat......

[iori_del]

none.

if u have the tank space and good water, nothing is hard to keep.

just try not to put them in a 2 ft tank

[akahoshi]

Actually most marine fishes are easy to keep if they are eating like pig.

However I vote Powder Brown to be the hardest because it seems to be timid and shy, always hiding..

As for the Powder Blue, seems to be the more aggressive of the three and boldest too.. Therefore, slightly easier to feed..

Powder Black.. Haven't tried yet.. Wanna try!!!

[yus75]

tis my 2nd try of pbt(the 1 at avatar lor)....took the courage to try again after 2yrs......

[Travy]

Have a Powder blue in my QT.

Now into the 3 week. No itch yet, *cross my fingers and toes.

Treating it with medication as a preventive measure. Able to get it to feed on formula2 pellets.

Last time one powder black. Beatiful and eating very well but die of itch.. heart ache...

[valerossi]

Powder Blue keep dieing in my tank

[gunzo]

my powder brown died within 4 days with no signs of itch.. the blue is alive kicking feeding (x fingers) 4 2 weeks now.. skitch spots on the fins but i'm dousing medicine daily.

[PerculaClownfish]

PBlueT get ich really easy..Like a snapping your fingers!!But plus point is its aggressive nature which helps it alot as it would be left behind if you got a big tank!

[cityofangels]

I've never tried Powder Brown and Powder Black. However, Powder Blues don't seem to do too well in my tank. My 1st one died when I went overseas. My 2nd one just died on Christmas eve.

[wil_lee76]

imo, i have tried

(1) powder blue - fail (died of ich)

(2) Blue tang - fail (disappear)

(3) yellow tang - fail (eating well...but one day, kanna suck by my pump)

now, QT...brown tang. See whether can work....

[Alvin Tan]

powder blue..(keep for a very long time till i change my tank and it died during the process)

powder brown..keep for more than 4 months...

powder black...dosent seem to eat n starve to death..

[wpcheng]

Alvin

I noticed u keep Clown tang and Clown Tang needs very clean water. My clown Tang died after about 3 weeks. Is the water quality more stringent for Clown Tang as compared to Powder Blue Tang? Currently, I am using Rowaphos to keep PO4 to 0 and AZNO3 to keep NO3 to 5 ppm. I am not using any carbon. Do I need to use carbon to remove other chemicals in the water ? What brand of carbon do u use and do u use it continuously or remove it after 2 or 3 days ?

[Alvin Tan]

Alvin

I noticed u keep Clown tang and Clown Tang needs very clean water. My clown Tang died after about 3 weeks. Is the water quality more stringent for Clown Tang as compared to Powder Blue Tang? Currently, I am using Rowaphos to keep PO4 to 0 and AZNO3 to keep NO3 to 5 ppm. I am not using any carbon. Do I need to use carbon to remove other chemicals in the water ? What brand of carbon do u use and do u use it continuously or remove it after 2 or 3 days ?

hi bro, nope..i dun run any carbon for my tank....as i got it when it was feeding with pellets already....so far gt no prob...initially in my old tank, there was some ich problem but it went fine after i gave it formula 2...

[wpcheng]

OK. Thanks for replying . Is there anything for water quality that I need to take care other than the PO4 and NO3 ?

[Alvin Tan]

OK. Thanks for replying . Is there anything for water quality that I need to take care other than the PO4 and NO3 ?

hi bro...i have seen PBTs surviving for a long time on a po4 3mg tank....

so i guess u have to worried on the nitrate more than the po4...of cos, it will be gd to keep ur water quality in the most optimum condition wherever you can...

for fishes, look out for ammonia, nitrite..this two are the killing factor..it shld be kept at less den 0.05mg at all times...

[Alvin Tan]

jus to add to the above post, it is best to quarantine the fish before you intro into ur main tank....observe at least 2wks before you intro it into ur main tank...also, try ur best to train the fish to eat garlic pellets at that period of time...it will help alot in the immune system of the fish so that it will not get ich all the time..

hth

[wpcheng]

Alvin

I did quarantine for about 2-3 weeks and the Clown Tang was feeding well before releasing into main tank. Not too sure whether the Clown Tang got white spots after the Powder Blue Tang "Terrorises" it in the main tank or the water quality still not good enough because I tried flame angels and coral beauty a few times. Each time the pygmy angels did not last more than 3 weeks in the tank. I have never been successful with pygmy angel.

[Ketchup]

Powder blue is the most difficult...