cole tang found

I couldn't wait, so I was doing a water change today anyway and adding
more live rock and found the cole tang (coral) behind the rocks - not
dead but like severe parkinsons, kinda stiff and nose pointed at the
sand, spinning around with one fin moving. Are the white mystery dots
to blame? My water is spot on.
thanks

Moby wrote:

Are the white mystery dots to blame?

Probably, however the fish may also have had another problem, in which case the
ich simply accelerated its demise.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

I believe I had the same problem when I added a purple tang to my 55g.
It was perfectly fine for a couple of days ( came from a display tank
at lfs) and then the ick? came and same outcome. Lost 2 other fish
within 2 weeks but 6LW survived. All inverts survived (CBS cleaning
crew)

On 14 Jan 2006 21:28:07 -0800, "Mirek"
wrote:

I believe I had the same problem when I added a purple tang to my 55g.
It was perfectly fine for a couple of days ( came from a display tank
at lfs) and then the ick? came and same outcome. Lost 2 other fish
within 2 weeks but 6LW survived. All inverts survived (CBS cleaning
crew)

Mirek,

Please setup a Q-Tank, and save yourself a fortune !

Regards, Fishnut.

Hi all,
The usual reason for Tang fatality's in these situations is
stress due to people not researching before purchase, tangs are very
active and fast swimmers, they require a tank of around 100 gallons to
thrive plus plenty of vegetation to graze on they are herbivores.
regards,
unclenorm

I had a QT tank set up and lost all fish i tried to QT. Lemon peel
angel( small ) and a scopas tang also small. LFS told me that the fish
dont come with the disease, its the water that holds the parasites.
They said that if the fish in the main tank are doing fine its cacuse
their immune systems are strong and that QT are a waste of money.Also
that QT causes them more stress and thats why they died. NOW NOW, Im
not saying I agree......(please dont hit me) lol, but since i tried to
QT other fish and paid so much money ($80) for the purple tang, I
figured that I'll try it their way......I agree, tangs need bigger
tanks but I'm a sucker for a purple fish...

Mirek

Personally I like the quarantine tank idea. Especially if the fish is not
eating as well as its aggressive new tank mates. I like to get the fish
fattened up over a 6-8 weeks so it can hide and not eat much for a few days
in the new tank until it feels comfortable and the old tankmates leave him
alone. A short quarantine probably does cause more stress to the fish
because it goes from ocean to plane to store to quarantine then tank. At
least if it fully recovers in the quarantine tank its only 1 shock to the
new tank. I also don't put any copper or anything in the quarantine tank
unless a specific problem arises

Kevin



"Mirek" wrote in message
ups.com...
I had a QT tank set up and lost all fish i tried to QT. Lemon peel
angel( small ) and a scopas tang also small. LFS told me that the fish
dont come with the disease, its the water that holds the parasites.
They said that if the fish in the main tank are doing fine its cacuse
their immune systems are strong and that QT are a waste of money.Also
that QT causes them more stress and thats why they died. NOW NOW, Im
not saying I agree......(please dont hit me) lol, but since i tried to
QT other fish and paid so much money ($80) for the purple tang, I
figured that I'll try it their way......I agree, tangs need bigger
tanks but I'm a sucker for a purple fish...

Mirek