Yellow Eye Tang Sick

[RoyalT]

Have Sand sifter star and 15 Blue Legged Crabs and 2 Turbo Snails.

[Bifferwine]

That site is commonly referred to as AquaCON. Just a warning, people that have ordered things from them have ended up being ripped off, I wouldn't trust any info from that website and would never order from them.

I didn't mean to seem like I came down hard on you -- a lot of what we do in this hobby is based off of info from others. It can be hard to sift through the good and the bad advice.

In a 35 gallon tank with a blue damsel, you have several options for fish. But no tangs . There are plenty of smaller fish that are cool -- like firefish, a royal gramma or purple pseudochromis, a sixline wrasse... Just to name a few.

If I were you, I would try to catch and remove the sand sifting star. It will quickly starve to death in your tank.

[Bifferwine]

Oh, what kind of equipment are you running? You want to add some more live rock, aiming for 1 to 2 lbs per gallon is good, so in your case 35 to 70 lbs total. This will aid in the filtration of your tank.

[reeffreak]

I'm not a tang expert but I had to see for myself what size tank a Keyhole is recommended for.The lowest from reputable place,Liveaquaria,has them for 70 gal. and up.I definitely would never use that site,its hard to believe 35gal. could house any tang.

[RoyalT]

Flval 305, SeaClone 150, 75 Watts Metal halide, 25 watt actinic blue lighting.

[hotimportknight]

Man, I just looked at that website, holy crap! They have several tangs listed as min. of 20 gallon tanks. Thats insane, I havent seen a site that has a min. listing of 100 for most tangs. My friends dad has 2 tangs, a yellow and a blue of some sort (but not a blue tang, some wierd name) in his 75 with 6 or so other fish. He's had his tank for 15 years and hasnt had any problems with them. He thought I could house a smaller tang in my tank, just wondering what you guys think? I really like the yellow tang he had, it was cool watching them peck at the lettuce he put on a clip in the tank. He did say his blue tang got some sort of parasite or ick some times, but his cleaner shrimp pick it off for them.

[Bifferwine]

You could keep a small yellow tang in your 50 gallon. BUT it would outgrow it and you would have to catch it and move it. Tangs are very susceptible to ich and disease. If they are in too small of a tank, they will get stressed and they will get sick.

[Alexander]

ooh biff your favorate the seaclone!!!!

[Doc]

you have picked up some really good advice. Hope you feel welcome here!

-Dr Marco