So there is Tiny yellow tang that I want to get and I mean 1/2-3/4 inches. I really want him but don’t know how hardy he is and wanna make sure he’s healthy. Please send thoughts if he would be okay!
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I have a 1 inch kole tang only been in 2 days and a small trigger fish.Can't answer your questions without knowing
1) what other fish you have already?
2) what is your tank setup? Equipment? How old is the tank?
I feel like he would eat, but don’t want to over stress him somehowI would want to see it still showing grazing instinct not just eating, baby tangs want to graze all day
Sorry didn’t know I put that,How is this an emergency
Actually looking for more opinions, thanks for sharing yours@Edub
I get the feeling you are just waiting for a combination of ppl to agree with your desire to buy the small Yellow
If its such a burning desire, go buy it. If it lives or dies, you'll learn from either experience.
Im betting the Kole and this Yellow will take up territories and the older Kole will win. Yellow will end up dead
Doubt anything we say will change your burning desire to buy the Yellow. So have at it.
That’s a little unfair. You could say the same behavior is true of every tank build thread. Look at me, look at what I’m doing, etc.To be fair.. they dont have an "im impatient and self absorbed" flag.
That’s a little unfair. You could say the same behavior is true of every tank build thread. Look at me, look at what I’m doing, etc.
I think where folks are getting caught up is 1) in the emergency flag, and 2) in the generality and non-specificity of the question. To the first point it looks like it was an accident but even if it wasn’t I could understand some urgency to the question because the fish could get snapped up any minute. I would simply advise though that people respond pretty quickly on here without the emergency flag and it should be reserved for rare situations.
To point number 2, this kind of general question could literally be asked about any fish. There’s a fish at a store I want, should I buy it? That’s impossible to answer. Fundamentally, if you want a fish and the price is good, go for it. As to how to judge if a fish is healthy and doing well, long forum posts and blog posts have been dedicated to this topic. The original post in this case didn’t really provide any details or specific concerns which can be addressed other than size. Does it look healthy, is it eating? If the basic parameters of fish health are met and there aren’t any specific concerns then there isn’t much to weigh in on.
I would say though that with the Hawaii ban yellow tangs have become more rare and a lot more expensive. If you want one and you’ve found one for a good price that looks pretty good, I would snap it up! I would QT and copper treat it because of ich susceptibility, but that’s true of any tang and for that matter any fish. I QT everything though.