Help with tang

[yongshun]

hi bros and sis, i recently juz bought a powder brown tang, though it is not yet feeding on flakes, it is feeding on red bamboo algae. Then 2nite i juz discovered that it has some white spots / ich at its fins, bt it is still feeding on the red bamboo algae. shd i juz leave it as it is or shd i try to catch it n put back into my betta box? ne advise? is the red bamboo algae diet sufficient for it? juz tried feeding nori soaked with flakes bt it seems non of my tangs are interested in it though

[[V]tEc]

hi bros and sis, i recently juz bought a powder brown tang, though it is not yet feeding on flakes, it is feeding on red bamboo algae. Then 2nite i juz discovered that it has some white spots / ich at its fins, bt it is still feeding on the red bamboo algae. shd i juz leave it as it is or shd i try to catch it n put back into my betta box? ne advise? is the red bamboo algae diet sufficient for it? juz tried feeding nori soaked with flakes bt it seems non of my tangs are interested in it though

powder tangs easily get ich. i will advise to leave it alone. catching n trapping it will stress the fish even more. can try feeding some pellets....my tangs eat everything i give. seaweed, pellets, mysis n flakes....

[yongshun]

powder tangs easily get ich. i will advise to leave it alone. catching n trapping it will stress the fish even more. can try feeding some pellets....my tangs eat everything i give. seaweed, pellets, mysis n flakes....

thanks bro, im trying to get it to feed on prepared food...sianz...it din even bothered to touch my henry food...bt quite funny oso lor...whenever i feed the rest of the fishes, it will cheong to the pool of food, onli to find it going back to the red bamboos to eat while the rest of the fishes r busy eating the henry food n flakes...

[meng80]

thanks bro, im trying to get it to feed on prepared food...sianz...it din even bothered to touch my henry food...bt quite funny oso lor...whenever i feed the rest of the fishes, it will cheong to the pool of food, onli to find it going back to the red bamboos to eat while the rest of the fishes r busy eating the henry food n flakes...

mine too got white spot but just bought from ah beng a kind of medicine tat wont harm corals

[yooyoo99]

Agreed with vtec, leave it alone. Catching the fish will stress up all your fishes, imagine ich for all your fishes....

My AT has been with me for months, till now, it only feeds on nori. Refuse to eat pellets and henry's mix no matter how long i tried to starve it.

Key thing: So long as it is eating well (nori or bamboo), chances of it recovering will be high

[yongshun]

thks bros for the advices. the ich is no longer there...though still nt feeding on prepared food/ flakes / pallets, bt guess the red bamboo is sufficient for it...hopefully it will be ok

i guess maybe its time for me to source for the notorious powder blue in a few wks time haha

[[V]tEc]

thks bros for the advices. the ich is no longer there...though still nt feeding on prepared food/ flakes / pallets, bt guess the red bamboo is sufficient for it...hopefully it will be ok

i guess maybe its time for me to source for the notorious powder blue in a few wks time haha

my advise is for ur tank, keep only either 1. if u add a powder blue, chances r the powder brown will whack it, powder blue stress n get ich, spread to powder brown....cycle start again...lol

[tench1]

True, Powder Tangs cannot take the beauty of another same species...hahaha

My advice is to stop feeding Bamboo for a while, use garlid guard on some small pallets...

Attach it to eat the pallets.

[yongshun]

my advise is for ur tank, keep only either 1. if u add a powder blue, chances r the powder brown will whack it, powder blue stress n get ich, spread to powder brown....cycle start again...lol

haha ok...guess 3 ft can never be big enugh to kip many tangs

True, Powder Tangs cannot take the beauty of another same species...hahaha

My advice is to stop feeding Bamboo for a while, use garlid guard on some small pallets...

Attach it to eat the pallets.

hmm bt my bamboo is already inside the tank leh...juz hope tat it is strong enugh to pull tru...

[[V]tEc]

haha ok...guess 3 ft can never be big enugh to kip many tangs

i m keeping 5 tangs in my 3ft. 1 6" while the rest r 3". so far only the yellow n brown tang fighting....gt another 2" powder black in my 4ft now. didnt eat the red bamboo but feeding on nori n mysis...so far no white spot yet.....praying hard.