Leather Finger Coral

[hawaii666]

I have a 12 Gallon Nano Cube tank, it has a leather coral in it that used to be big but now it has shrunk to a very small size. What could be wrong with it?:frustrat:

 

[ErinCahir]

Leathers will "shed" every once in a while...
But give us a run down. What are your parameters? What light are you using? How long has the tank been set up? What else is in there?

 

[hawaii666]

12 Gallon Tank but Salt and pH are all good.
They are florescent white and blue lights.
I have 2 Blue Damsels, 2 Clowns, Royal Gramma Basset, Blue Hippo Tang.

 

[marcah]

what about ammonia , nitrite, nitrate??
and that tank is waay to small for the hippo not to mention that is a few to many fish for a 12 gallon.. quick rule of thumb is about 1 fish per 10 gallon.. blue hippo needs more like a 180 gallon or better..

 

[hawaii666]

Oh, ok that explains numerous factors of the problem. Thank you for the info.

 

[motorcyclereefer]

Um, did you just say a tang in a 12 gallon tank? I just saw where somebody mentioned it already. That is not good at all to put a big fish in a small tank like that. But if you work on the fish population and take some other steps it should work out.

 

[cthegame]

take the tang out plz

 

[Waddi]

All that needs to be said is take your fish back to the LFS..... Thats all.

 

[little_fish]

I would pick your most favorite fish (and not tang) and return all of others. Having that many fish in there is like having a family of 6 live in one room. They fit, but no one is happy about it and everyone suffers.

Plus i think removing that many fish will solve many of your current issues and prevent others

 

[Smitty]

+1 everyone...and I wouldn't make purchases from the fish site that sold it to you anymore, it's evident that they don't care about you or the fish, but only about money.

 

[hawaii666]

Thanks for the advice everyone, and when I bought the tang they said it would do perfect in a 12 Gallon tank and thats why I bough it. I will definitely not go to that store anymore.:shock:

 

[ErinCahir]

That's awful. I'm glad you will take the steps to remedy the situation though! :D

 

[Waddi]

Yep, if there is one way to gain respect its to listen to advice and act! ;)

 

[Northstar24]

In the future, take anything a local fish store tells you with a grain of salt, and research the fish on your own. A simple search would have revealed that a hippo tang needs a minimum of 180 gallons. Also 6 fish in a 12 gallon is WAY too many fish