purple tang & yellow tang

[mwang]

will they have ICH problem like PBT? is it easier to keep compare to PBT?

can i get both of them? understand that PT is more agressive than YT

pls give some advise/ comments on these 2 tang (Purple & Yellow tang)

[Vinoth]

All tangs are prone to ich. However YT and PT are easy to keep compared to PBT. Introduce both tangs at the same time. You wont have problem. I have both in my tank and no fighting although i introduced both at different times.

But no gurantee.

[mwang]

thanks for the advice, anyone else cn share yr comments?

[desbug13]

try to get these tangs which hv already been in the LFS for at least 1 week or more. they shld hv gone thru the ich process n more stabilise. do ask the shop owner if those fishes hv started to eat.

[nicken]

i just bought one. it seems lik spreading his ich into my tank.

wat can i do to cure it ?

[weileong]

do you have corals in your tank?

[marinecraz]

i bought my yellow tang about 2 months back. it is down with ich but compared to my PBT (rip already) and blue tang, it's case was quite mild.

my YT is a curious and overly friendly fellow. It loves escorting new fish round the tank which added to their stress this busy body even share a cave for a few nights with my picasso trigger when the latter was introduced into my tank. guess mine is a good natured one. it is also my favourite.

It never bullied my baby blue tang which was one third its size when I put the baby BT into my tank. this baby is as big as the YT now. the trio (YT, BT and Picasso) are good friends

[aStRoBo|]

YT is much hardy than PBT, i had one last time, nv really give me much problem. But must also make sure that ur tank parameters all are ok la.. Pa### R###'s YT are very healthy specimens.

[Gouldian]

Actually all tang from the Zebrasoma family seems to be more hardy and lass prone to Ich. (YT, PT, Scopa, etc)

From my experience even Hippo tang (paraacanthus hippatus) are aslo quite good at resisting Ich.

But the Acanthus family is a different story all together. I am still battling this problem with my AT. PBT is also another commonly available tang that are considered ich magnet.

That's why most books reccommend Zebrasomas as a beginners tang and the acanthus family as tang suitable for intermediate or experts.

[nicken]

do you have corals in your tank?

No corals yet.

[nicholasloh]

naso genus are also much resistant of ich too, since their scales are rough.

[Jimaroon]

PT is fierce and territorial than other tangs. I bought my YT from Pasir Ris and it was doing well for a month. It died not because of disease or ich, but from an accident. Got stuck between rocks because it got fatter. When I got it out, it suffered injury and eventually died. Now I only have my sailfin tang alone.