Show off your Achilles Tangs

[TheWhiteFord]

Put them in both at the same time. It will be the best combat against aggression.

 

[cowboy]

Will definitely be giving this a try in the near future. Any suggestions on a good vendor that would have both, I was looking at zoa colector bUT they only list the Achilles.

 

[TheWhiteFord]

My Achilles died for unknown reasons[emoji37]

 

[Reefpharmer]

Sorry for your loss, how long did you have him ?

 

[TheWhiteFord]

A little over 2 months [emoji20]

 

[Reefpharmer]

Was the fish eating ? Any injury or aggression issue ?

 

[TheWhiteFord]

Was the fish eating ? Any injury or aggression issue ?

He was copper intolerant so he had stopped eating while I was treating copper although he had only not been eating for 3 days. I have had a very lengthy discussion with @Humblefish and @4FordFamily and we still do not know why he died.

 

[superbluetang]

They are such a beauty!. I love them.

 

[ERIC1975]

Sorry for losing such a beautiful fish. I was just reading your thread and I thought I saw ich in one of your first photos. Achille tang is notoriously known as an "ich magnet" that combined with the extreme sensitivity and weak immune system make a recipe for disaster.
I'm assuming you were treating it with copper due to ich infection? If you were a good copper test and twice daily testing is a must to maintain proper concentration as a slight overdose will kill the fish.
I'm running a hypo salinity QT right now with my 3 Achiiles going on 2 weeks. I planned to run it for 4 weeks and follow that with Cupramine and Prazipro treatment . Total QT treatment time would be around 10-12 weeks.

 

[TheWhiteFord]

Sorry for losing such a beautiful fish. I was just reading your thread and I thought I saw ich in one of your first photos. Achille tang is notoriously known as an "ich magnet" that combined with the extreme sensitivity and weak immune system make a recipe for disaster.
I'm assuming you were treating it with copper due to ich infection? If you were a good copper test and twice daily testing is a must to maintain proper concentration as a slight overdose will kill the fish.
I'm running a hypo salinity QT right now with my 3 Achiiles going on 2 weeks. I planned to run it for 4 weeks and follow that with Cupramine and Prazipro treatment . Total QT treatment time would be around 10-12 weeks.

Yeah he was in the 75 qt with my other fish for a fallow period and treatment.
I had been testing the copper and had been keeping it at .5

 

[revhtree]

A little over 2 months [emoji20]

That has been my experience. They eat really good and then for no reason just quit eating.

 

[Calvin Bosarge]

Yes I also lost my Achilles .... Very hard fish to keep alive from my experience .... He was eating great all the way up to his death too.... I couldn't beat the Ich from him .... None of my other fish have any trouble with it though .

 

[4FordFamily]

Yes I also lost my Achilles .... Very hard fish to keep alive from my experience .... He was eating great all the way up to his death too.... I couldn't beat the Ich from him .... None of my other fish have any trouble with it though .

Acanthurus tangs really struggle..

 

[haninja]

 

[TheWhiteFord]

He looks very pale! That is not good! Mine started turning this color before he died!

 

[haninja]

He looks very pale! That is not good! Mine started turning this color before he died!

Na, they do that when they are angry....and only momentarily. I only saw him do that once and he lived many years after... I lost him eventually when my whole tank crashed...

 

[TheWhiteFord]

Na, they do that when they are angry....and only momentarily. I only saw him do that once and he lived many years after... I lost him eventually when my whole tank crashed...

Okay So you know longer own this one?

 

[Keepswiming]

My prized fish that runs my tank! Had him for about a year now.

 

[ca1ore]

Had my Achilles for about 2 1/2 years. He's among the least welcoming of all my fish to newcomers (recently put a chevron through the ringer), but definately not the boss. BTW, he also shows ich periodically; has done since he came out of QT.

 

[TheWhiteFord]

Had my Achilles for about 2 1/2 years. He's among the least welcoming of all my fish to newcomers (recently put a chevron through the ringer), but definately not the boss. BTW, he also shows ich periodically; has done since he came out of QT.

He looks great!