ReefTank1
08/25/2009, 08:54 PM
I currently have a 220 gallon 72x30x24 reef tank with:
1 "personifer" angelfish
1 magnificent foxface
1 yellow tang
1 purple tang
1 potters angelfish
2 dispar anthias
4 blue damsels
1 red mandarinfish
Pics:
Meredithi
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090810CRW_1562.jpg
Rabbit
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090825CRW_1543.jpg
Yellow hiding
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090825CRW_1567.jpg
Purple hiding
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/CRW_1563.jpg
The little Potters that is the most outgoing fish in the tank
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090825CRW_1566.jpg
I have had the yellow tang and purple tang for 3 years. For 2 of those years they were in my 175 gallon fish only tank with triggers, wrasses, etc. What worries me is that these fish have not grown at all. Maybe 1 centimeter for the yellow tang. They are always hiding or shying away from anyone who walks by. When I feed, the angels, rabbitfish, and little fish come and eat while these two hide in the cave and hyperventilate, dashing out on occasion to get a little food. They are not as fat as I would like them to be and their faces are a little gaunt. The yellow tang chases the purple away a lot. Whats worse is they used to get along and swim together!
I was wondering what I can do to help them come out and be active. I am not able to enjoy them and they are not as healthy as I would like them to be.
Parameters:
Temp 80-81 summer 78-80 winter
pH 7.95-8.05
Nitrate low enough for sps
Phosphate low enough for sps
They can eat 4 times a day. I feed them green SeaVeggies soaked in zoe, selcon and KZ Immun Stabil, and also mysis and formula 2. NLS pellets are autofed twice a day.
The fish in my 175 are so active that some of them never even enter the rockwork. That tank is in a high traffic area while this reef is in a low traffic area (maybe this is the cause?). The other thing I was thinking was to add a PBT or Blue tang that may coax them out.
1 "personifer" angelfish
1 magnificent foxface
1 yellow tang
1 purple tang
1 potters angelfish
2 dispar anthias
4 blue damsels
1 red mandarinfish
Pics:
Meredithi
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090810CRW_1562.jpg
Rabbit
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090825CRW_1543.jpg
Yellow hiding
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090825CRW_1567.jpg
Purple hiding
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/CRW_1563.jpg
The little Potters that is the most outgoing fish in the tank
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x83/ReefTank1/20090825CRW_1566.jpg
I have had the yellow tang and purple tang for 3 years. For 2 of those years they were in my 175 gallon fish only tank with triggers, wrasses, etc. What worries me is that these fish have not grown at all. Maybe 1 centimeter for the yellow tang. They are always hiding or shying away from anyone who walks by. When I feed, the angels, rabbitfish, and little fish come and eat while these two hide in the cave and hyperventilate, dashing out on occasion to get a little food. They are not as fat as I would like them to be and their faces are a little gaunt. The yellow tang chases the purple away a lot. Whats worse is they used to get along and swim together!
I was wondering what I can do to help them come out and be active. I am not able to enjoy them and they are not as healthy as I would like them to be.
Parameters:
Temp 80-81 summer 78-80 winter
pH 7.95-8.05
Nitrate low enough for sps
Phosphate low enough for sps
They can eat 4 times a day. I feed them green SeaVeggies soaked in zoe, selcon and KZ Immun Stabil, and also mysis and formula 2. NLS pellets are autofed twice a day.
The fish in my 175 are so active that some of them never even enter the rockwork. That tank is in a high traffic area while this reef is in a low traffic area (maybe this is the cause?). The other thing I was thinking was to add a PBT or Blue tang that may coax them out.