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08-08-2006, 08:32 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
Posts: 499
 |  Blue hippo tangs in my QT YIKES!
Hey all!
I just added 2 blue hippo tangs to my QT, my clownfish are now out and back in the MT. Lucky them! So about 3 hours ago I added the hippos to my QT and they are alive but acting VERY wierd. One is in a dead coral just sitting in it, not moving at all! But it's alive for now. The other is laying flat on the bottom of the tank, also alive.
What the heck?  The clowns were doing just fine in there, these guys are acting like they are about to die!  <-------NERVOUS!!! | 
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08-09-2006, 06:49 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
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Crazy fish I tell ya, the're acting much more normal now. Perhaps they were shocked a bit from the environment change | |
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08-09-2006, 08:14 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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These guys are prone to playing dead when you first introduce them.
Pretty scarry the first time you witness it :-)
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x hydor #3's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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08-09-2006, 09:10 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
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When I had one it would always lay flat on a rock every moring for an hour after the lights came on. _________ Senior Noob Setting my 75 back up soon Main SW Tank:
55gal, 70LBS of Tonga/LFSDIY, 50lbs LS, 1x250watt MH(20k), AquaC Remora Skimmer Live stock: Velvet Damsel, (12)Blue legged crab, lawnmower blenny, (1)cleaner shrimp, Yellow Tang, Featherduster CoralsRandom Zoo's(like 10), more zoo's,red mushrooms and hairy mushrooms, Sinularia | |
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08-09-2006, 09:10 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
Posts: 1,200
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Originally Posted by jtReef These guys are prone to playing dead when you first introduce them.
Pretty scarry the first time you witness it :-) | Yup, they are notorious for that.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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08-09-2006, 09:14 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
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Sheesh, and I thought my angelfish was a shy dude! He's nothing compared to them. Thank you all for the replies <3 | |
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08-09-2006, 11:20 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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Originally Posted by jtReef These guys are prone to playing dead when you first introduce them.
Pretty scarry the first time you witness it :-) | +2 Most Tangs do that on a regular basis. Just give them time. Weird... 
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08-12-2006, 08:15 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
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Just wait till they settle in to your tank and you check on them at night. They tend to lay on their side under a rock and turn pale when they go to sleep. You'll think they are dying. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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