White tail bristletooth tang eating in QT

[hbubley]

Hey all!

My bristletooth tang is coming in today! Woo! I have his QT tank all set up, I've been leaving the lights on to try and produce some algae, since the tank was set up on Sunday.

My 75 gallon (which is where he will be moving after an observation period) is full of algae for him, but I'm concerned about him lasting through QT. Is there anything I can do or get for him while he's QTing? I know most people don't have success getting them to eat anything provided. I have brown algae going in the QT right now, will he eat that?

Thanks y'all!

 

[fishski13]

Nori sheets, seaweed extreme pellets, frozen mysis and brine enriched with spirulina.

 

[hbubley]

Perfect! I'll make a LFS run after he arrives and I get everyone all settled in

 

[Goaway]

Not trying to lecture you. A lot of tangs have died to malnutrition.

If your tang ends up eating in quarantine. Please feed often. Watch body mass and increase feeding if needed.

 

[hbubley]

Not trying to lecture you. A lot of tangs have died to malnutrition.

If your tang ends up eating in quarantine. Please feed often. Watch body mass and increase feeding if needed.

I know, that's why I made this post! Want to make sure the little guy does well, and my DT is well stocked for him to eat.

 

[Goaway]

I know, that's why I made this post! Want to make sure the little guy does well, and my DT is well stocked for him to eat.

Do you know how big he'll be?

 

[hbubley]

yeah 3.5-4in

 

[Goaway]

yeah 3.5-4in

Should go pretty well. Smaller ones usually don't like nori. So, you'll have better luck with that size.

 

[hbubley]

That makes me feel better!! Thank you!! I'm stressing myself out and the fish isn't even here yet haha

 

[Goaway]

Hoping the tangs in good heatlh. Keep us posted

 

[hbubley]

I definitely will! Gonna start a tank build thread today to keep track of everything

 

[nuxx]

Some high quality frozen (rods) and maybe mysis soaked in selcon.

 

[hbubley]

I'll pick those up!! It's going to be like tang's first thanksgiving with all this food hehe

 

[hbubley]

He has arrived!! I have him in a bucket right now, the salinity was at 29ppm (Is this normal when transporting fish?? Seems so low) and I keep my tanks at 35ppm so I'm planning on SUPER slowly bringing up the salinity with the QT tank water before transferring. Time to dip my new corals!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey all!

My bristletooth tang is coming in today! Woo! I have his QT tank all set up, I've been leaving the lights on to try and produce some algae, since the tank was set up on Sunday.

My 75 gallon (which is where he will be moving after an observation period) is full of algae for him, but I'm concerned about him lasting through QT. Is there anything I can do or get for him while he's QTing? I know most people don't have success getting them to eat anything provided. I have brown algae going in the QT right now, will he eat that?

Thanks y'all!

while nori is a good source, I would focus on foods right now with vitamins and Omega 3 which will maintain its immunity system such as Mysis shrimp, LRS Herbivore diet and Formula 2 frozen which is a veggie diet. Nori can create a mess when there are uneaten portions.

 

[Goaway]

He has arrived!! I have him in a bucket right now, the salinity was at 29ppm (Is this normal when transporting fish?? Seems so low) and I keep my tanks at 35ppm so I'm planning on SUPER slowly bringing up the salinity with the QT tank water before transferring. Time to dip my new corals!

Yes its normal. Youll want to match the holdingntank to that salinity

 

[Goaway]

He has arrived!! I have him in a bucket right now, the salinity was at 29ppm (Is this normal when transporting fish?? Seems so low) and I keep my tanks at 35ppm so I'm planning on SUPER slowly bringing up the salinity with the QT tank water before transferring. Time to dip my new corals!

Just wondering, hes going into a acclimation box with the main tank.. or an actual quarantine setup?

 

[Goaway]

It's very easy to bring a fish only treatment tank to 29sg. If coralscare going to be with him, thats a different story

 

[hbubley]

No corals, it's an observation tank more so as I am not prophylactically treating (I fudged my set-up because it's in my living room, wanted it to look okay so I added sand, rookie mistake). So I can def bring down the salinity

 

[hbubley]

is 32 okay? I want him to start acclimating to the DT tank params as well