nishalp

Well, I finally got my Fifi Sand based on feedback here. I moved all my water from the current fish tank (29 Gal) to a stand by 20 Gallon Tank. Then moved all the fish, crabs, snails into that.. Siphoned out the rest of the 9 gallons to the sink. Removed and through out the rock bed. Then I got 20 gallons of Ocean Water (Real OCean water in 5 Gal contains from Pet Store) and filled in clean 29 gal tank. Put the sand in with the bag and cut the bad to release the sand to the bottom.. All good so far...

Water is 70 Degrees. So put all the filters , accessories and heater into the tank. Move about 9 gallons from the standby 20 gallon into the sand tank now.. So the tank is up and running with no fish waiting for the temp to raise.

My only concern is all the fish are doing fine in the 20 Gal tanks but the Blue Tang. She is swimming but then goes to a corner and sits on her side... Then she will get and go to the other side.. Breathing heavy... How can I calm them down? I am afraid that another move to the normal tank might kill her? Any ideas?

Chitown1

It sounds like it is stressed out, stress can cause fish to act very strange but normally once they calm down they will be fine. It can take a few days to get back to normal.

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Tommy Gun

I definitely agree with Chitown and would add that this laying on the side behavior is a sign that you should add some sort of hiding place for your tang - I learned this lesson the last time I had a tang in my bare q-tank. In fact, even if you have some hiding places in the tank already, you may want to add more because your tang is probably showing you that it is stressed out over the immediate situation and these ich-prone fish are probably the last fish you want to be unhappy or unhealthy.

It might also help to keep the tank's lights off (if feasible) and try not to have a lot of activity going on outside the tank. Again, I definitely agree with chitown, but these are the tricks I have learned more recently that might prove to be helpful in getting your fish back to 'normal' as soon as possible.

nishalp

Thanks all.. Happy to report that all fish are happy in the new setup and doing ok. Here is a pick with the Sand Setup now... Thanks for all the help..