what happened to my blue tang ?

[chercm]

he is behaving so strangly seems he is struggling to swim and there is white areas

what happened?

[wil_lee76]

IMO, Try to feed the tang with pellet coated/ soak in garlic.

Suffered from ich. did u isolated the tang in a small tank? did u put oxygen in it? if that so, add in some cure ich solution BUT dun add it in ur main tank. monitor ur tang, if it struggle with cure ich solution in it, change the water.

and pray hard.

reef onz and good luck

[chercm]

will the tang survivie?

[c0ol]

is your blue tang attacked by some other fishes?

i think its tail abit torn

[wil_lee76]

it depends...some survive, some not. the thing is that if ur blue tang start feeding, maybe the chances are high.

Yes bro cool is right,maybe u tang is suffering from stress while in the tank. did any fishes start stressing ur tang?

[Qxnviolet]

Erm, you might be stressing it even more putting it in a tank like that, maybe u can try get a suitable piece of pvc piping that your tang will fit into and put it in your QT. It'll give him some place to hide and rest. Like wil mentioned, if its feeding, than it should recover. But please put in some form of water circulation in the tank, the fish will die from lack of oxygen before it dies from stress. Good luck!

[chercm]

any case my tang have pass away

[Firestarz]

Sorry to hear that.

Next time do take more care of the fishes .. they r all part of the ocean that r removed so that we can admire them .. so we should all do our part to protect it by ensuring that these fishes do not die so easily.

Wish u success for all ur other fishes! Happy reefing!

[chercm]

i started feeding the rest with Formula 2 pellet coated/ soak in garlic.

they loved it and some have mentioned it will help in giving the fishes immunity

[Firestarz]

Yea .. i read abt that on the botle of garlic guard my friend gave me.

All the best bro!

[Qxnviolet]

Erm, garlic guard does NOT give immunity to your fishes to diseases. It's reported to improve your fishes' immune system to make them more resistance though. Sorry about the lost of your BT, its a cute fish. Hope you'll have better luck next time! Btw, on my bottle of garlic guard, it is not mentioned anywhere that it give immunity to fishes against diseases, in fact it doesnt even mention that it'll improve resistance. Its suppose to be an appetite stimulant...

[Firestarz]

Opps .. Mayb i read it somewhere else .. haha .. *paiseh*

[Qxnviolet]

Haha, its ok la....there are claims that garlic actually do improve resistance and i believe it helps to a certain extend....just that i was trying to find that claim on the bottle the other day and cldn't find it....hehe.

[elimmel]

any case my tang have pass away

sorry about your blue tang.

btw, formula 1 & 2 pellets already contain garlic so no need to soak them in garlic again.

[chercm]

my formula one does not says there is gralic but formula 2 does

[elimmel]

my formula one does not says there is gralic but formula 2 does

list of ingredients taken from ocean nutrition site

Formula One is red and, like our frozen and flake products, it is produced with higher protein levels.

Shrimp, plankton, sardine, soybean, wheat flour, salmon egg oil, lecithin, spirulina, fish oil, minerals (calcium chloride, potassium iodide, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, magnesium carbonate, zinc sulfate), garlic, MPAX (Marine Protein Amino eXtract: fish meals, hydrolysate's, select amino acids (arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, cystine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine)), vitamins (stabilized vitamin C, biotin, beta carotene, cyanocobalamin, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin E), preservatives (ethoxyquin, potassium sorbate), amino acids (dl- methionine, L-lysine), carotenoid pigments (astaxanthin, canthaxanthin), and beta glucan.

Formula Two is green and is for fish with lower protein needs.

Shrimp, plankton, sardine, kelp, alfalfa, squid, salmon egg oil, spirulina, lecithin, fish oil, garlic, casein, minerals (calcium chloride, potassium iodide, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, magnesium carbonate zinc sulfate), MPAX (Marine Protein Amino eXtract: fish meals, hydrolysate's, select amino acids (arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, cystine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine)), vitamins (stabilized vitamin C, biotin, beta carotene, cyanocobalamin, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine. vitamin E), preservatives (ethoxyquin, potassium sorbate), carotenoid pigments (astaxanthin, canthaxanthin), and beta glucan.

[wil_lee76]

cheer upz...as mentioned, be patience while adding stocks...QT all new arrivals in a QT tank. It do helps!

hope these helps...reefz onz!