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07-19-2008, 08:51 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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 |  my tang is trippen
today i moved rocks arround and added new fish and ever sence my hippo tang has beeen swimming extra fast and breathing extra fast it looks like he might have picked up ich is that one of the symtoms. also i got two clown fish ontop of one that i already have he is swimming with his mouth open in one spot in the tank any idea whats going on | 
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07-19-2008, 08:56 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Parksville, BC
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Yo hippo tang is streesed from the new addtions and scaping. Eventually it should settle down just make sure it keeps eating.
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07-19-2008, 08:58 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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ok ya he is eating like crazy more then before | |
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07-19-2008, 09:13 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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You should try and refrain from moving stuff around due to the stress that you cause on the fish. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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07-19-2008, 10:18 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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i only moved stuff arround beacuse my yellow tang was attacking evrything i put in there but he is fine now | |
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07-20-2008, 12:52 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Hippo's are a very high-strung fish.
Just about any quick change in environment stresses them out.
Most usual reaction with this species, is developing ICK. 
Keep changes to a minimum, or do very slowly over time. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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07-20-2008, 01:47 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: new york Age: 33
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you have hippo tang and yellow tang in same tank? isn't that risky?
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07-20-2008, 06:53 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Parksville, BC
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Originally Posted by nybatu  you have hippo tang and yellow tang in same tank? isn't that risky? |
No, not if the tank is large enough. | |
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07-20-2008, 07:00 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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Originally Posted by nybatu you have hippo tang and yellow tang in same tank? isn't that risky? | We do too and it's working ok so far in our 55 gal, but will be moving to a larger tank when they get bigger. _________  | |
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07-20-2008, 07:53 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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We have a Hippo in the same tank with a Chevron Tang and they are perfectly fine together... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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