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03/21/2010, 06:08 PM | #1 |
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Did my foxface kill my tang??
long story short i bought a small foxface yesterday. the foxface and 2 tangs have been swimming around with each other non stop since i put him in the tank. the tang had been doing great all day and even ate earlier. no signs of stress at all. about an hour ago i saw all 3 fish swimming around together all seemed in good health. about 20min ago i noticed the tang stuck to a power head wich is not a strong power head and the tangs always swim around it picking for algea and such.
is it possible the new foxface stung my tang? possibly killing him or hurting the tang enough to were the power head finished the job? i have never heard of anything like this happening with a foxface before so i needed to ask so i can either take him out or scratch it up as a loss for reasons out of my control. |
03/21/2010, 06:11 PM | #2 |
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What tangs and what size tank? What kind of power head? Sizes of fishes involved?
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03/21/2010, 08:34 PM | #3 |
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Examine the tangs body, he will have marks if he was stabbed on the foxface's spines.
I'd say it's pretty doubtful that is what killed it. Is the tang pretty new to your tank? |
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anyhow i guess i shoulda asked if the foxface could kill another fish with its spines? will the venom kill a tang if stung?
i seriously doubt a maxijet 1200 coulda caught a 3in tang and held him there to die unless he was already on his way out or hurt. |
03/22/2010, 08:36 AM | #6 |
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How big is the tank?
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03/22/2010, 10:40 AM | #7 |
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60g and all the fish were perfectly happy. they are awaiting there new home right now, or they were awaiting there new home until now. the foxface is like maybe 1 1/2in and the 2 tangs were a yellow and sailfin both wich were about the same size. maybe 2 1/2 to 3in in size. but big enough that i seriously doubt it woulda got stuck in the powerhead that it would graze around for the past year.
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03/22/2010, 11:45 AM | #8 |
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I dont believe a Foxface uses its venomous spines to catch food. I believe it only uses the spines as a defensive tactic. So in effect, the "other" fish is stinging itself with the foxface's spines, the foxface isn't acively chasing a fish and then stinging.
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03/22/2010, 12:46 PM | #9 |
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^^ +1 foxface spines are mearly for defense. both tangs were eating and everything the day before?
side note when i got my foxface i noticed my purple bullying him, then i noticed some bruising/white spots all in a strait line on one side of the purple...purple never bothered the foxface after that day
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the fish were all doing great and hour before i notice the sailfin tang dead. wich is why it is puzzling me. i kinda figured from all the reading i have been doing that the foxface would not have attacked the tang. i figured that maybe something spooked the tang and foxface then some how the tang possibly impaled itself on the foxface spines. but i also did not see any marks on the tang either. so maybe it was something else entirely then.
thanks for the replys on the subject. this is the first foxface i have attempted to keep and was still alittle weary on keeping him. |
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My yellowtail damsel tried to bully my baby One-spot rabbitfish. He vanished 1.5 days later. After the crash, he thought he owned the ENTIRE tank ( which shows damsels should never be left ALONE in a tank..). A justifiable Homicide? Well, Piscicide. whatever!
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Remember, fish aren't "best friends". As best they will tolerate each other.
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A rabbitfish sting is not going to kill a healthy fish. All three of the last Pomacanthus angels I have kept did not get along with my rabbitfish and all were stung numerous times while nipping at them. I agree with Brian, these fish are food competitors and all of them get too big for a 60 gallon tank. I'm not sure what killed your fish but I would bet it wasn't the rabbit. I would not be in a hurry to get any more tangs, even the smaller species need way more room than a 60, especially if you are keeping multiple species.
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03/23/2010, 05:23 AM | #16 |
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i agree that tangs need more space when they start to grow. but i bought all of these fish extremely small so that i could keep them for abit while i was planing my upgrade. when i say i got them small that is an under statement. they were tiny! but now that my tank upgrade is right around the corner this happens so now i will be waiting to replace him until the bigger tank is setup.
on another note i didnt think a foxface could kill a perfectly healthy tang. i just needed to be assured that was not the case here. thanks for the replys |
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Stroke, heart attack, aneurism etc I have seen a PBT swimming along, and literally drop dead in front of my eyes. |
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Holy cow, I missed that those fish were in a 60 gallon tank. That might explain its weakened condition. My sailfin tang grew like a weed the first year. I can't believe it was doing well in a 60 gallon tank with another tang and a foxface.
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This isn't aimed directly at guygettnby solely, but I do believe you could take something from this:
Why do so many people think if they buy what they think is a small tang, it will be ok in such a small tank for a few years? As I've been saying over and over, people get tangs and put em in these little tanks while 'planning an upgrade'. As I keep saying, a lot of things happen...LIFE happens...and a lot of the times, the upgrade doesn't happen. Why not just wait until you have a tank big enough for these fish? I don't understand the need to stress them out in little tanks and make them wait while YOU upgrade. If they can't be housed properly out of the gate, why buy them? I also love the 'they are happy, healthy, and stress free' comments from the fish whisperers. There's no way your sailfin was 'happy' in that 60 gallon tank for the last year plus. It won't grow the same rate in that tank that it would in a bigger tank. If fed properly in a large tank, that sailfin wouldn't FIT into a 60. lol Again, not an attack...just an opinion. Which we all have...it just happens that most don't like mine. lol |
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doubt foxface venomous spike kill my naso tang
saw naso tang had a long cut on upper side of her body,noticed for 2 days,it almost recover but 3rd day it died,i have doubt its due to spike of foxface,because that cut was 1 inch long and 2 mm wide...like knife cut mark...now stoped putting any fish with foxface....only hv sailfin tang ang demsil....
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I have also been wondering about two deaths in a 92 corner tank within 2 months. Adult marine betta and 2 foot zebra moray. Both were healthy within days prior to dying then found without any noticeable cause of death. I do have a magnificent foxface which is what led me to this post.
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