blue tang HELP!!

[bloat]

dito on cleaner shrimp...
After you put the new fish in, spend your money on a good skimmer and cleaner crew aswell before putting any more stuff in.

IMO a skimmer is one of those pcs of equipment you can't spend too much on.
Euroreef skimmers are good....but be carefull on skimmer ``ratings`` as these are mfgr suggestions, and do not take bioloads into account.

I know the high end ones are expensive, but they will retain some value incase you sell it down the road, and for the most part do a much more efficient job.

May wanna ween out your fluval and use some socks for mechaincal filtration. More live rock couldnt hurt

Remember,
Patience is the key, slow and steady will give you long term success

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

You've opened up a can of worms. You've got 9 fish already and looking to add some fish that can get too big for your tank. Do you have a skimmer good enough to handle the bioload? All the tangs and the foxface will get too big for your tank other than the kole tang. As for the ick there is means to combat it which another member has posted but I will add that soaking food in garlic helps as well.

You are right on.

You should be adding no more than one fish per month at the start up. You bio load is too high for the fish you already have.

Most reefers will agree that your tank is too small for tangs

[howdy20012002]

about the cleaner shrimp
while they are good at cleaning certain things, according to experts, there is no evidence of their ability to help with ich or to remove it.
I am not going to get into the tang debate as there more than enough people for that.

Everything went perfect last nite...i brought the fish home last nite in two seperate salt buckets i had a drip line in each and had very few drips going...i let it drip for a hour took a couple cup fulls out and let it drip again for a hour and a half...i had turned my lights off right when i got home so my fish didnt know what was going on either...i slowley started adding the fish in and they all right away sat down by the sand in the front huddle together...my two clown fish and my cardinal went to check them out and actually hung out beside them the whole night ahahah...i turned my lights on in the morning and everything was perfect all the tangs were swimming around the blue tang seemed perfectly fine...i had thawed some food the night before and added ginger extract to it so it could absorb all night...i fed them at 12 and they all ate the food...so everything seems it worked out fine....thanx everybody for the help appreciate it !!

[Madmak]

Lights out seems to help when introducing new fish to a tank. So does a minor re-aquascape. Who goes in first shouldn't matter much.

You might get lucky with a group of fish being introduced to another group of fish. Let us know how it plays out.