Help!

[onevarez]

I have a 55g tank and is doing well but every time I put a large fish it dies. I am not sure why. I have damsels, clownfish, goby, six line wrasse, etc and they all are fine. No issues. But I put a tang in there or a butterfly fish and they die. The parameters are good. What could be the cause of them dying? Help plz

 

[RamsReef]

Get a bigger tank,

Butterfly fish are hard to keep anyways.

Tangs typically start at 120gal tanks.

Sounds like your tank is full bioload wise.

 

[nereefpat]

Tangs and butterflies are more sensitive, in general. Tangs are prone to parasites and butterflies don't ship well and get bacterial infections. Both need conditioned and quarantined. As mentioned, both need a bigger tank than a 55 long-term anyway.

Or it could be a aggressive damsels or six-line wrasse giving you trouble.

 

[onevarez]

Thank you everyone!