Your experience with a powder blue tang

Make sure you have an 18 watt(or more) UV sterilizer. They will get ick. He is the most aggressive, and I've only added a cleaner wrasse since adding him. I would try to have him be your last fish to add. I think if I added a wimpy fish after him he would really harrass it. I love my powder blue.

Just my experance I would make sure to have ozone and a well established tank. I was unsucessful at keeping one and it depressing when it died.

The powder blue is also one of my favorite!  Has anyone had any luck keeping them with other tangs?  I've read that they are pretty hard to keep.  Is this because of their getting ich easily or is it because they just need special attention?

I've had my 90 gal tank for just about a year. I do have a ASM G3 skimmer, no ozone, just 18 W UV. I had a 46G for 6 months before that, and started with an oscelaras clown, a flame angel, and a yellow and blue tang. When I upgraded, I inherited a psych mandarin, and a couple others that didn't survive the move. I added a couple anthias and a pipefish. Mr. Pipey just got stuck in the overflow a couple weeks ago and sadly died. I did have him about 8 months and he was really fat & happy. I added powder blue next, and he did get ick within the first week. I tried garlic like crazy, and had a 9 watt UV. His ick got really bad, his whole body was lumpy, and I bought an 18 watt UV. Within a couple days everyone looked great, and no more ick. I added a magnificent foxface, probably my least favorite, he's pretty big, and shy, and poops alot.  I then added a cleaner wrasse, and one more, a leopard potters wrasse. So yes, I probably have way too many fish- except Mark Peterson stopped by once and said he thought I could add more, so that's why I got the potters wrasse. Here's a couple pics. It's really hard to get one in focus, they are all very active. The first pic does show the potters wrasse's color- he's very cool

Great looking tank and fish Diana!

peiji wrote: I have ozone. Would you recommend UV as well?

From what I understand ozone and uv both kill parasites in the water colum. It would be best to go with just one or the other.

I like my foxface, just not as much as a couple others. He was my most expensive fish (75 bucks), and I wish I had just gotten a one spot. I like the bright yellow with the one spot better, and they are cheaper. As for being reef safe, I think mine is- someone, or something is occasionally munching on my zoos. I've really watched, but I'm not seeing any fish eating them. I've really checked for snails, I have found a small white starfish now & then that I've heard can eat them and removed them. I just don't know what's up. Some of my favorite zoos disappear...then they slowly grow back. My friend did have a scribbled foxface that did like zoos, but I think mine is fine.