Yup I add selcon to most of it, that’s the part that I don’t understand is he should be alright, I use api, I know it’s not the best but I’m hopefully getting a hanna test kit soon. I use tap water but it’s well water run through a softening system and I put prime in it to make sure there’s nothing bad in it. There’s also other fish in the tank so if it were something in the water I’d expect to see it in them too
Alright thanks, definitely noted also I loveee purple tangs, I think they’re the coolest but I have no carbon in there, I’ll have to remember to always stay far far away from it lol
This was my old tank than ran a carbon reactor, and my Yellow Eyed Kole Tang. Currently I have had a similar sized Blue Eyed Kole Tang in another tank that has never run carbon. I have had him a year— he’s in perfect condition (no HLLE). My tank husbandry has not changed, other than avoiding carbon like the plague. The tank also has a Purple Tang that I raised from the size of a half-dollar... no carbon, no HLLE. Take my experience for what they are worth.
Softener and prime will not be enough to make water pure and safe for marine life as prime is merely a liquid to detoxify chlorine which is not present in well system and it binds ammonia and nitrate but temporarily and is an alternative and not a solution. I asked about test kits as I suspect issue with both water and type of water. API as you may know is notorious for false readings and has disappointed many reefers, hence the low price for a master test kit.
Alright good to know, I’m getting a hanna kit soon. I don’t use api for the salinity so that’s good but I’ve brought the water to a fish place and they said it’s all good, I don’t remember exactly what they used but it wasn’t api, also if there were something in the water what would make it effect the tang and not the others? I’m just curious. I have more sensitive fish than the tang and they’re all fine
Each fish reacts differently.
Just a regular hydrometer float and it’s 1.024, I also know it’s not the most accurate and I’m going to get a hanna one but the place also said that was good too
I thought it could be that but they tested for copper and there’s nothing there, the softened water was also tested, not for fish just tested normally and there was no copper in it
The glass float can be accurate but has also failed many comparison tests against refractometers
Alright good to know. Thanks. I’ll get those good test kits and make sure everything is good
Hey just a quick update, I put a grounding probe in the tank and it’s working! Two years of different medications and a slowly dying tang and the grounding probe is working, his fins are actually growing back! Thank you so much for mentioning that! You’re actually a life saver
Yup, I’m looking into getting one now, I’ve got a smaller one keeping it up to temp at the minute but I need to get a bigger one
