Yellow Tang Woes

Discussion in 'Diseases' started by TheDuck, Jun 7, 2008.

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  1. Tangster

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    Sounds like a fungal problem ? Might get it on some Meds. But having a few tangs in a tank is not the cause hell they mag be round and a little tall ? But they are skinny :) Just tell the Tang Cops to have a Coke grab a smile and shut the **** up :) And look at the Mardel Labs products for a good med that fist the symptoms of that fish .
     
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  3. Tangster

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    How many would you be able to put in this 120 gallon tank that stay under 10 inch's long ? And how many have you ever raised from say 2 inches to hit 10 Inches or even know of personally and ones not read about ? I have a hippo now right 10 yrs he may be 4.5 and if I stretched it 5 inches and he spent 3 yrs in a 750 . Don't get me wrong I'm not arguing or trying to I just have heard these fish tails and I my self have never witnessed a small home aquarium Hippos to ever get much more then 6 inches maybe 7 tops and that took over ten yrs to happen and in large tanks up wards of 600 gallon system . There are theories that fish seldom out grow their environment.. Bonsai home aquarium fish :)
     
  4. Daniel072

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    I have 1 time in my life seen a tang over 10 inches in captivity and that is at the emerald queen casino in tacoma washington. With that being said I don't know if it was caught that size or what. I have never seen anyone with a tang in their home tank that is over 7 inches. I have a tennant tang in my 95 wave that's about 4 inches now. That's the same exact size it was when I got him a year ago. I'm not saying to go out and get fish that are oversized to throw in a nano but when the tang police come out in force and scream 10 inch sailfin, I'm willing to call them on it. The 26 is still too small tho.