I Did not think-Question

[Lisa Cain]

I purchased a brown tang and a Fox face fish today. I placed them in my tank and did not think about the fact that the are prone to catching ich. Now I am worried. They look perfectly healthy. The store that I purchased the fish from treats all of there tanks with copper as a precaution. My tank is 65 gallons. Should I be worried.

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

I purchased a brown tang and a Fox face fish today. I placed them in my tank and did not think about the fact that the are prone to catching ich. Now I am worried. They look perfectly healthy. The store that I purchased the fish from treats all of there tanks with copper as a precaution. My tank is 65 gallons. Should I be worried.

You might get lucky but 65 gallons is on the small side for those so keep that in mind. :)

 

[Sean Clark]

On top of using copper, your LFS probably keeps the fish in 1.020 salt water to keep signs of infection down. Now assuming that the fish are in 1.025-1.026 salt water; any infection that they may have is more likely to show it's self.

Hopefully the fish will be ok and the copper took care of anything they may have had.

 

[BryanM]

The brown tang is not going to be happy long term in that tank, too small unfortunately.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Some people don't QT at all. I think you will be ok, but as others have said, the brown tang is a little large for a 65g tank. Some will say 65 is too small for a foxface, while others might say you will be fine with one in a tank that size.

 

[vlangel]

A bristletooth tang like tomini or kole would be better in your size tank than the brown tang. A 4ft tank would be better even for the bristletooth tangs. A one spot foxface can go in a 70g tank but I am guessing that 4ft would be better for it too.

 

[Lisa Cain]

You might get lucky but 65 gallons is on the small side for those so keep that in mind. :)

Thanks

 

[Lisa Cain]

A bristletooth tang like tomini or kole would be better in your size tank than the brown tang. A 4ft tank would be better even for the bristletooth tangs. A one spot foxface can go in a 70g tank but I am guessing that 4ft would be better for it too.

Thanks

 

[Lisa Cain]

Thanks

Thanks

 

[Lisa Cain]

A bristletooth tang like tomini or kole would be better in your size tank than the brown tang. A 4ft tank would be better even for the bristletooth tangs. A one spot foxface can go in a 70g tank but I am guessing that 4ft would be better for it too.

Thanks