Carbon with tangs

[William Spak]

Hey everyone,

I'm putting a very small tomini tang into my system, should I remove carbon from my canister filter?

Thanks,
Will

 

[Peach02]

Carbon won't do any harm it mainly just polishes the water and removes unwanted elements, changing the carbon might help though.

 

[Spare time]

The only problem would be if the carbon is extremely dusty. I am a big fan of red sea carbon as it has practically no dust and is very cheap. However, I would not be that concerned

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Hi,

I will stick out my neck to potential ridicule. I do not believe that carbon is the cause. In tomini tangs I do not see a lot of hlle to begin with. Feed a good diet, use a ground probe, because stray electricity can stress them and cause that, and you should be fine.

 

[William Spak]

Hi,

I will stick out my neck to potential ridicule. I do not believe that carbon is the cause. In tomini tangs I do not see a lot of hlle to begin with. Feed a good diet, use a ground probe, because stray electricity can stress them and cause that, and you should be fine.

Thanks, I have HLLE on my purple tang in my 75g, we had electricity flow in it however we eliminated it. Should we still get a ground probe? Thanks.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Thanks, I have HLLE on my purple tang in my 75g, we had electricity flow in it however we eliminated it. Should we still get a ground probe? Thanks.

I would put a ground probe in every tank. They are an inexpensive piece of safety equipment. What are you feeding the purple tang? You should be able to reverse the hlle.

 

[William Spak]

I would put a ground probe in every tank. They are an inexpensive piece of safety equipment. What are you feeding the purple tang? You should be able to reverse the hlle.

I put VitaChem on seaweed strips, and I occasionally feed it mysis and spirulina shrimp. I've been all over this website trying to fix him and nothing has worked. I was recently recommended macro algae? We also have over the back filters so maybe upgrading those?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Sounds like a good diet. I have not tried vita chem, Selcon has worked great for me. I also tried Kent Zoecon. But everyone has varying opinions on supplements. If you are in an area with more knowledgeable LFS they may have live black worms . I try to feed worms 1-2 times a week. Tangs are vegetarian, but i try to get at least 20-30% meat in their diet.

Next supply run I recommend trying to throw 1 more food into the mix. these I have good results with. Hikari mega algae and ocean nutrition formula two. Also have not used but check out LRS herbivore frenzy

If your filters are working fine I don’t see a reason to cha unless you are looking to upgrade or just want a change

 

[esther]

Hey everyone,

I'm putting a very small tomini tang into my system, should I remove carbon from my canister filter?

Thanks,
Will

I run carbon with all of my tangs. Even when they were teeny tiny. No issues.

 

[X-37B]

I run 11/4 cups of Rox08 in a small reactor in my 120. No dust.
I have a Tomini and Convict Tang that are very healthy.

 

[nereefpat]

I have a self imposed obligation to remind everyone that if you use a ground probe, you must use a GFCI.

 

[William Spak]

I have a self imposed obligation to remind everyone that if you use a ground probe, you must use a GFCI.

What's a GFCI?

 

[nereefpat]

What's a GFCI?

Ground fault circuit interrupter. Called RCDs in Europe.

It's an outlet you've probably seen in unfinished areas, kitchens, and bathrooms. They cut power if they detect a difference between what should be going through the hot and neutral sides.