Thoughts on Kole Tang?

[smoothie]

Good luck man I think you will love it.
The bologna joke warning- there really was a guy on rc arguing that his achilles was healthy and fat because it would eat chicken nuggets with him. It was rescued/bought by another member and regained color and activity once on a real fish diet. No joke. I believe it may even be in the achilles thread at the top of the reef fishes forum there.

 

[jhutto]

Have had one for 3 years in my 90 gallon. A joy to watch. As others say, constantly swimming looking for algae. Has to go in an established tank with algae and must feed nori.

 

[texhorns98]

I would be more concerned with a powder brown than a kole. Then again, I would be most concerned with putting more than one tang in a 75G. Not to play "tang police", but one is enough in most any tank smaller than a 125, IMO.

 

[jhutto]

Have had a a yellow and kole tank in 90 for three years and they have done well together. Plenty of room to swim in the 4 ft tank.

 

[weaglereefer]

Tex, the 90 is being set up soon. This will be the only tang in the 75.

 

[texhorns98]

I think it's pushing it even in a 90, but I'm sure we'll find MANY opinions around here on that subject! Maybe you should just keep one in the 75 and one in the 90? Or is that the plan?

 

[weaglereefer]

Got him today. Acclimated and chilling in 30gallon QT tub after a FW Methylene blue dip. Very cool fish, seems very smart and I think he already recognizes me, not like my blue jaw that took a month to recognize me.

Best part, $23.99, just a few bucks more than clownfish.

 

[weaglereefer]

Well I'm hoping he eats the few spots of hair algae I have.

 

[weaglereefer]

And he's dead. Noticed a few spots of ich when I got home last night. Bumped the temp from 78.5 to 80 over 2 hours and went to bed thinking I'd find medicine in the morning (no stores open Sunday night at 9pm). A/C wasn't working this morning so I spent the day waiting for the a/c guy; it was a relatively cool day and neither tank got over 80.5 today. He looked better today, no ich spots but a bit of a swollen mouth, so I went out to look for some medicine this evening, just got back and he was floating around the tank. Bummer...

 

[reefkeeper]

Great algae cleaner. Very active fish and has a pretty good personality. Great for a reef tank.

 

[cr500_af]

I ALMOST bought a Powder Brown at the local Petco in a similar situation. Fat, no signs of problems, eating plenty... $22.99.

I was concerned about the Petco reputation, but I QT my fish so I wasn't too worried... truth be told I went back the next day to get him and someone had bought him.

Sorry things turned out the way they did.

 

[weaglereefer]

BroncoXpress;358007 wrote: Great algae cleaner. Very active fish and has a pretty good personality. Great for a reef tank.

^^^ Reading comprehension fail ^^^

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I will probably try another one, just not for a while.