1fish2fish
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Our yellow tang won't eat, it's mouth is always open and it's gills seem to be moving really fast. We had our water tested at Skipton's, and they said everything was fine. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Sick Yellow Tang?
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1fish2fish
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yellow tang
yep, we feed it nori. it hasn't eaten it lately, and won't eat any of the other food (mysis, flake, pellets, spirulina shrimp stuff). we've had the tang for 6 months. we recently added a yellow watchman goby and a tiger pistol shrimp, but the yt doesn't seem to be bothered by either...
yep, we feed it nori. it hasn't eaten it lately, and won't eat any of the other food (mysis, flake, pellets, spirulina shrimp stuff). we've had the tang for 6 months. we recently added a yellow watchman goby and a tiger pistol shrimp, but the yt doesn't seem to be bothered by either...
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1fish2fish
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another thought... we turned off the lights for 2 days to get rid of hair algae and cyano bacteria and the tang been's acting funny since then. would the lack of light stress it out?
another thought... we turned off the lights for 2 days to get rid of hair algae and cyano bacteria and the tang been's acting funny since then. would the lack of light stress it out?
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1fish2fish
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Nevermind. He's tip top and back to normal today.
Lack of light shouldn't hurt a fish... it's not always sunny on the reef! Glad to hear everythings back to normal
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1fish2fish
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tang still not quite right
ok so our yellow tang has red lines horizontally from its mouth back towards its gills, it's not eating and is breathing very fast. any ideas about what could be wrong?
thanks,
reba
ok so our yellow tang has red lines horizontally from its mouth back towards its gills, it's not eating and is breathing very fast. any ideas about what could be wrong?
thanks,
reba
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That doesn't sound good. Odd that this is happening after having him for so long.
There's a fish disease forum on Reef Central. You can get good advise/research on ID'ing the problem and course of treatment with global exposure/input.
Do you have a QT? If so, I'd get it going if not all ready. I believe it will need to be removed and treated. Making sure you have the right diagnosis and medication is important.
There's a fish disease forum on Reef Central. You can get good advise/research on ID'ing the problem and course of treatment with global exposure/input.
Do you have a QT? If so, I'd get it going if not all ready. I believe it will need to be removed and treated. Making sure you have the right diagnosis and medication is important.
