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 binkii


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Post Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:35 pm GMT   Reply      

well i have had a small naso tang for a few weeks now and she had ich, but it has been cured for a week or so, but she isn't her normal color...she is really dark like when she usually gets mad, but its all the time....i don't whats wrong..she doesn't have her color yet though except for some orange on her lips and on her forehead



 saltwaterpimp


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Post Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:19 pm GMT   Reply      

what do you feed him? how much live rock do you have?



 binkii


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Post Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:31 pm GMT   Reply      

i feed her mysid shrimp and brine shrimp along with some algae sheets...i have like 30lbs of rock.....around there



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Post Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:38 pm GMT   Reply      

tangs need algae for there main diet.if the diet is based on shrimp it will make the tank fade + die



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Post Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:43 pm GMT   Reply      

also try brocclie, spinach,greens, and alot of them .naso require a large established tank, if you do not provide these requirements it could have a tragic resaults



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Post Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:39 am GMT   Reply      

lettuce, iceberg i think. some lettuce is good for them. its better than algea. most crabs eat it too. im not exactaly sure, but i think its iceberg, it might be some other lettuce, just look it up, you'll find it!



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Post Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:53 am GMT   Reply      

iceberg would also work but dont limit yourself to just ice berg,naso tangs in captivity require alot of diffrent greens in ther diet.excluding.lettuce because of it unutritional value.



 binkii


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Post Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:08 pm GMT   Reply      

ok, thanks, but i am sorry to say that she died today....along with my juvi sailfin.....i don't really want to talk about it...i know what happened



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Post Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:48 pm GMT   Reply      

i think we went over this in a previous post.



 binkii


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Post Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:05 pm GMT   Reply      

what do you mean??



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Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:02 am GMT   Reply      

???



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Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:12 am GMT   Reply      

Sorry to hear about your lose binkii - - -really sucks


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