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Posted by George on April 11, 2005, 7:53 pm
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> Russ J. wrote:
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>> I've had a Yellow Tang for 5 years -- since I've set up my FO. It is now
>> showing Lateral Line -- I think. White area around the head. It is very
>> big -- approx 3.5 dia. I've been feeding Seaweed select = Julian Sprung Algae
>> etc foreevr. - Still eats well but beginning to scratch at the very top of
>> it's head. Very Fat !!! What is their life expectancy in a home aqurium???
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> Five years is pretty good, though I've got a powder blue that I've had for six
> or seven. Anyway, the first thing I would do in your case is to add a ground
> rod to the tank (I'm assuming you don't have one). Tangs frequently react like
> this to stray electrical discharges. The rods are tungsten, I believe, and
> attach to a wire which you hook to the frame of a *grounded* electrical
> outlet. Be prepared to have some piece of equipment give up the ghost shortly
> after setting this up -- in my case, a powerhead died almost immediately.
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> George Patterson
> There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
> mashed potatoes.
I posted a link earlier about grounding rods in aquariums. It is not the right
thing to do. The right thing to do is to find the source of the electrical
current in the aquarium and eliminate it. Here is the link: Read this
carefully:
http://www.thekrib.com/Marine/grounding.html
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> I've had a Yellow Tang for 5 years -- since I've set up my FO. It is now
> showing Lateral Line -- I think. White area around the head. It is very
> big -- approx 3.5 dia. I've been feeding Seaweed select = Julian Sprung
> Algae etc foreevr. - Still eats well but beginning to scratch at the very
> top of it's head. Very Fat !!! What is their life expectancy in a home
> aqurium???