SRC Member osmosis Posted December 10, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 i juz buy a dunno wad tang which is in brown grey colour, it has little yellow spot on its head. the shape is like those powder blue tang... then on the first day night, it eat the shrimp i feed... at abt 0845. then when i see it again at 0030, the tang hide in the cave and its body was full wif white spot. that is terrible look. i use garlic again. then next morning 0530... it seem weak and 'peng san' at the sand bed. then i went to work, my father say the fish is completely motionless at abt 0700+... wad is the problem??? other fishes is ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member coralreef Posted December 10, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 did you acclimatise it properly? Quote Tank: 5 X 2 X 2.5 Sump : 3 X 1.5 X 1.8 Tunze 6060 Tunze TF08 Oceanrunner 6500 Deltec AP 902 Protein Skimmer I-Aquatic Calcium Reactor Arctica Chiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member andysho Posted December 10, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 God is calling it back to its home sweet home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member osmosis Posted December 10, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 did you acclimatise it properly? yes, i put the bag of it into the tank for 15mins, this is my first tang, now i am not dare to breed tang gain... God is calling it back to its home sweet home when is the god calling for urs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryansimon Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 you just put it in for 15 mins and you dumped it into the tank?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningstrike Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 normally, i would leave my bag of newly acquired fish in my tank for about 30 to 45 minutes...... adding 10% of my own tank water every 10 mins up to 50%. then slowly release the fish into the tank...... all these normally done at night...... seems to hv work out for me alright so far. Quote Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything". Lightning Strike's Back!!! Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession. Austin's Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member osmosis Posted December 10, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 you just put it in for 15 mins and you dumped it into the tank?! yes... dump it in aft 15mins, still not enuf? and that day i pack the tang myself, the boss is not free... then when i tie the bag, i didnt tied it properbly, so gas leak, so i dump it in quickly... but even wif the longer acclimatelize, u mean the tang will not get the white spot? or? thanx for helping... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member osmosis Posted December 10, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 normally, i would leave my bag of newly acquired fish in my tank for about 30 to 45 minutes...... adding 10% of my own tank water every 10 mins up to 50%. then slowly release the fish into the tank...... all these normally done at night...... seems to hv work out for me alright so far. hey... it sound good! thanx for ur ways... but if wif the problem started wif my water itself... the acclimatelization is not useful... anyway, thanx... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member aStRoBo| Posted December 10, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 Omosis bro..u bought a brown tang izit.. hMm..ya..maybe u shld put for half an hr..and gradually add some water frm ur tank into the packet.. Quote Everything's sold. Back in 2yrs time. If it's a WRX, it gotta be STI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member osmosis Posted December 10, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 no... i dun think it is a brown tang... coz it doesnt have the sail fin like structure... anyway... i get wad u guys means... i will do it next time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member derf Posted December 10, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 pls pls read up on it first b4 buying. tanfs are esp delicate and nid to b acclimatize properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Tanggy Posted December 10, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 Think it should be the initial shock stressing it too much. When Tangs are stress, very prone to white spot. What the bros say is correct. all you did was equalise the temp of the water in the bag and your tank temp. This is not enough. You need to get the Tang accustomed to your tank's water parameter. If you jus thrown in like that, it will be shock by the change in PH, salinity etc.... plus a new enviroment, new tanks mates, bright etc... = great stress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member blacknails Posted December 10, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 10, 2003 Yeah it could be stressed out by wrong acclimization methods but the thing is that it actually ate the shrimp you fed in the first day so that's pretty weird... Erm... Could another cause be cyanide poisoning? Do all LFS in Singapore import fishes which are caught via cyanide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member osmosis Posted December 12, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 12, 2003 Could another cause be cyanide poisoning? Do all LFS in Singapore import fishes which are caught via cyanide? wad is it and how to reduce it? again, thanx for all comment... especially the precious info form tanggy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I don't think 'acclimatise' is the cause. And have never seen LFS acclimatising their fish. Thinking about fresh water bath, isn't it worst? I don't acclimatise new fish sometimes and nothing bad happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hammer99 Posted December 12, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted December 12, 2003 Hi, May be the fishes is already sick plus migrating to a new environment, under stress even more. Are your water parameter OK ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member osmosis Posted December 12, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 12, 2003 yes... ok... or else other fishes wont be ok... acclimatation is more important to tangs, i think... but the withspot appear on it is rather scary in no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member osmosis Posted December 12, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 12, 2003 yes... ok... or else other fishes wont be ok... i mean the water per is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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