Tomini Tang Looking Pale

[jah-hoeva]

Any idea what would cause this? Wife just called and said he is looking pale and may be breathing a bit heavy. Only thing I did yesterday was remove a couple base ball sized rocks out of the tank. I also tore a tree coral from one of the rocks (similar to a kenya tree but its blue/green) Two clowns and scooter blenny all appear fine. Shrimp, snails and few hermits are all fine also. Any ideas?

Tomini has been in tank about a month. Was quarantined for a few weeks with TTM without issue or stress. Tank is stress free.

At a loss at the moment.

 

[jokersplayground]

Do you run Carbon?

 

[jah-hoeva]

Yes. Got the pricier Rox carbon and GFO from BRS in a dual BRS reactor.

My wife gave him some of the red algae sheet he loves on a rock and he is devouring it. She said his color appears to be coming back. (see photo) I don't give it to him everyday because he grazes on everything all day, plus eats the mysis and brine I feed the others at night. Maybe I should leave him a bit of a sheet every morning.

 

[jokersplayground]

I would just watch him for a while and if he is still pale then try taking the carbon out to see if that helps.

 

[sfb911]

What are you feeding? And also more importantly are you supplementing with Nori a couple of times a week? I've found this to make a huge difference with Kole and Tomini tangs..its also often overlooked. (not saying you aren't, just asking).

 

[Marshall O]

My Kole Tang will sporadically appear very pale every once in a while for a short period of time. Just make sure you are feeding properly as noted, and otherwise keep an eye on it. I wouldn't worry too much though, as it is normal for Ctenochaetus tangs to change their colors I believe.

 

[jah-hoeva]

I have the dried sheets (algae, nori, seaweed, I have no idea the difference) in red and green. He wont touch the green but devours the red so I give him that. ive started leaving him a 2" square rubber banded to a rock in the morning and he is on it before my hand is out of the water.

I was not giving it to him everyday because like I said he grazes all day on rock and glass, plus he has some mysis and brine (occasionally pellets) that I feed the others almost nightly.

 

[Marshall O]

I would offer nori/algae at least every other day. I feed something different every night to my fish, between mysis, LRS Reef Frenzy, flake food, spirulina, and other herbivore/omnivore frozen foods. The more variety, the better IMO so that all of your fish get the nutrition they need.