lemme start by sayin hey! wats goin on? I Just Bought a Hippo Tang Yesterday. I just wanted to know who has successfully kept one and how hard was the battle from ick? if there was one at all. I get mixed comments about how difficult they are to keep healthy. I already have mine eating Plankton, Formula I/II, And she even eats flake food and steels krill away from my dogface, she seems really healthy and hardy as of right now. Any comments would be cool
Regal Tangs
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they are fragile fishes at first till they settle in they are pretty hardy
start a refugium and cultivate some macroalgae, preferably the species caulerpa (sp?)
algae is ESSENTIAL in keeping this fish active, healthy and thriving
oh and dont bother with lettuce, cucumber, spinich etc etc.
terestrial plants do NOT provide the same nutrition as marine algae, no matter how much you feed.
your commercial diet you mentioned seems great though
terestrial plants do NOT provide the same nutrition as marine algae, no matter how much you feed.
your commercial diet you mentioned seems great though
The regal tang is actually more of a planktivore then a herbivore. They still need daily greens, but they don't actively graze as say a yellow would. As with all tangs, as long as they have space and a lack of stress, ich should be no problem. If ich does become a problem, you can do many non chemical means of treating it. Temp, and salinity changes are most common, but could result in added stress, less so then chemical treatments though.
I had one with great success. I keept a cleaner shrimp in the tank with it and it always kept it clean of ick. Mine at Mega Marine Algae cubes and mysis shrimp.
Thanx for the advice everybody, hes still doing awesome, he acts like the king of the tank lol,
Yea i would do that but im pretty sure my dogface would devour it
Yea i would do that but im pretty sure my dogface would devour it
Yea if uve been in petsmart, u'll find that they dont sell saltwaterfish. And yes i am petcare certified
Thanx again everyone for there opinions on the regal tangs!
