Free blue tang and mask rabbit fish with caution - re-tanked

[popper]

Found out the hard way These two eat zoas and mushroom.

blue tang from @Sundara 3.5"
Rabbit fish from @tankguy 3.25"

Pick up in san jose. Bring a bucket.

 

[H2OPlayar]

I forget who, but someone was looking for a fish to eat mushrooms

 

[Srt4eric]

I forget who, but someone was looking for a fish to eat mushrooms

@splitting_lanes was

 

[Arvin R]

I found my blue tang eating zoas too. Luckily no mushrooms and I don't really care to keep zoas in my display. Hope these 2 find a good home!

 

[Darkxerox]

If it eats captain jerks, then it might make your skimmer turn into toxic waste! Pretty useful niche though, some mushrooms are a total plague.

 

[gmdcdvm]

Hey @JVU, maybe you could borrow this guy for a little while if he eats mushrooms.

 

[derek_SR]

Which one eats zoas? Or do they both eat both?

 

[popper]

Rabbit destroyed utter chaos colony
Tang eats all zoas

Not sure which eat shroom.

 

[Darkxerox]

Hey @JVU, maybe you could borrow this guy for a little while if he eats mushrooms.

That's his retirement fund!

 

[splitting_lanes]

Yeah, I need mushrooms gone…. Want to keep my palys. Keeping the Zoas would be nice to

I have a beautiful lemon peel that I need to give away. I’ll post on my lemon peel angel thread…. Dang.

 

[H2OPlayar]

Yeah, I need mushrooms gone…. Want to keep my palys. Keeping the Zoas would be nice to

I have a beautiful lemon peel that I need to give away. I’ll post on my lemon peel angel thread…. Dang.

My opinion. Frag the zoas, share them and unleash the fish! Then you can pass the fish on and get the zoa frags back. (Ditch the palys)

 

[splitting_lanes]

Love my palys, I’ve had them over 20 years - they are originally from the live rock!

 

[tankguy]

Rabbit destroyed utter chaos colony
Tang eats all zoas

Not sure which eat shroom.

I didnt have that problem when I had the rabbitfish. It loved my bubble algea. Surprised to hear the blue tang munched on your zoas as well

 

[popper]

I didnt have that problem when I had the rabbitfish. It loved my bubble algea. Surprised to hear the blue tang munched on your zoas as well

my zoas are just tastier.

 

[popper]

Love my palys, I’ve had them over 20 years - they are originally from the live rock!

I have a 8" round paly rock..captain jerk not sure why people are terrified of them. yeah they could be toxic,...just don't touch them with bare skin, duh

 

[H2OPlayar]

I have a 8" round paly rock..captain jerk not sure why people are terrified of them. yeah they could be toxic,...just don't touch them with bare skin, duh

It doesn't even take touching the paly's directly to get a dose of the toxin. If something upsets them in the tank, they can release the toxin into the water column, then a prick from a vermetid snail, or an open hangnail could introduce it into your body. Then when you end up in the hospital, the Dr's don't really know what to do with you other than keep your blood pressure under control with meds and keep you hydrated. IMO, a lot of potential danger for a brown coral that spreads over everything else.

 

[splitting_lanes]

Mine are big green/silver things. I’ve had them for over 20 years, never had a problem. But now there are purple mushrooms taking over, so I gotta do something

 

[Darkxerox]

It doesn't even take touching the paly's directly to get a dose of the toxin. If something upsets them in the tank, they can release the toxin into the water column, then a prick from a vermetid snail, or an open hangnail could introduce it into your body. Then when you end up in the hospital, the Dr's don't really know what to do with you other than keep your blood pressure under control with meds and keep you hydrated. IMO, a lot of potential danger for a brown coral that spreads over everything else.

Skimmer aerosolizing it is the big one too. Get that metallic taste in your mouth then you go downhill fast.

 

[H2OPlayar]

I have a 8" round paly rock..captain jerk not sure why people are terrified of them.

Because these are one that are known to have killed animals and people

 

[Nguyenz28]

Found out the hard way These two eat zoas and mushroom.

blue tang from @Sundara 3.5"
Rabbit fish from @tankguy 3.25"

Pick up in san jose. Bring a bucket.View attachment 67213View attachment 67212

Would this blue tang eat my regular mushrooms?