new fish

i have currently ordered a clown tang from my lfs. My quiestion is has anyone ever had one, how hardy are they. Are they like powder blues, easily ich maginate. I think they are beautiful fish but dont want it to aquire ich and die. I have had some problums with fish like the p[owder blue and brown so i no longer try with them. Any advice is really apreciated

Stop scuba diving in your tank and scaring the fish!!!!

What kind of diet did you feed the power blue and brown? Winy might be able to help you out with a diet which should keep your new tang healthy.

Clown tangs are way worse than powder blues. They rarely survive in captivity more than a few weeks and are one of the most difficult tangs to keep. I believe they should be left in the ocean. I tried two of them in my 240, failed both times. If you can cancel your order, I would. If you are not able to keep powder blues and powder browns then your chances of success with a clown tang are extremely slim.

I tried one ONCE #1
It was in the beginning after about 3 months of being up and running. He died from ich but it was before I had my UV Light. I would try one again if I didn't already have 3 Tangs well established. I fear it would be bullied to death and start some other problem. I've given up on adding any more Tangs. The three I've got I've had now 1 1/2 years.

well guys that what I was afraid of, the pet stores dont tell you theses things either the cowards. They just want our $. Sorry biff cant cancel it arrives tommorow. And kid I dont scare my fish when im in the tank the LOVE ME

Good luck with it #1. You may be just the one to have success with one.

he will be in QT for awhile so we will see how it goes. I mite even just have the lfs QT him for a while to see if it survives the shipping stress

The one I had was pretty healthy and hardy until I introduced a Powder Blue and then a Powder Brown Tang that got everyone fighting. Then they all got Ick. Then they all died.

Same shape David, you should have known better. I dont have anything that looks like the clown tang, hoping they all live in harmony

How many Tangs are you up to now, #1 ?