Yellow Tang In Distress! Please Help!!

Tyler10121012 · 08/15/2011, 03:47 PM

hey guys my tang is showing some signs of stress...or ??? idk please help me fix this!

ENTMogul · 08/15/2011, 03:51 PM

Dude... I think it's the chunk missing out of him.

Woznickiaj · 08/15/2011, 03:51 PM

MAn he looks like hes in bad shape ....? Is anyone picking at him ? Is he eating ? What is in the tank with him a bamboo ?

Recty · 08/15/2011, 03:53 PM

Looks photoshopped.

Tyler10121012 · 08/15/2011, 04:11 PM

hahaha i know guys its...BAD...but let me tell you guys...i got him for 3$ it was a steal...i couldent let him stay there..i knew he would die in the fish store if i didnt save him...other than the way he looks...he is eating fine...and acts well with other fish...so profanity removed i dont know where else to go...apperently....so the fish store say's they found him in atlatic city NJ on a beach shore....wierd thing

Woznickiaj · 08/15/2011, 04:19 PM

No way ! This isn't some kind of joke is it?

Dr Colliebreath · 08/15/2011, 05:15 PM

Looks like a yellow tang - white trigger hybrid.

If this is for real, put it in a tank (preferably by itself) and feed a good diet with lots of seaweed/greens and some meaty foods, soaked in Selcon. Give it lots of food, keep the lights low and see what happens.

Curious George · 08/15/2011, 05:18 PM

I'm from AC. If marine tropicals are washing up on shore, I'm moving back.

snorvich · 08/15/2011, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curious George

I'm from AC. If marine tropicals are washing up on shore, I'm moving back.

especially ones like the one pictured. That is weird.

Tyler10121012 · 08/15/2011, 05:43 PM

OK! i am not lying...he is fine! he eats like a pig and is a great healthy fish...just looks like he had a rough life...so im trying to change that...and for the last time its not a joke and its not photoshoped. Any more tips on growing his awkward fin back?

Tyler10121012 · 08/15/2011, 05:47 PM

this is the tank with my tang...see it swimming happily...my 3$ investment is not a joke...i really want to nurture it back to good health

ENTMogul · 08/15/2011, 06:07 PM

I have had fish fins grow back but it really depends on how far down it goes. That looks very deep.

If it does grow back, it will just take time, a healthy consistent diet and a STRESS FREE environment.

Tyler10121012 · 08/15/2011, 06:08 PM

yea...ik its been 4 months and no growth...but i still love that fish...i did save his life

dewman1 · 12/30/2011, 07:52 AM

Hows the Tang doing? I have a yellow tang just like him. he got beat up when I introduced him to the tank, and after a few days nobody was bothering him, but his fins have been very slow to grow back.

08/15/2011, 04:11 PM	#5
Tyler10121012 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 54	hahaha i know guys its...BAD...but let me tell you guys...i got him for 3$ it was a steal...i couldent let him stay there..i knew he would die in the fish store if i didnt save him...other than the way he looks...he is eating fine...and acts well with other fish...so profanity removed i dont know where else to go...apperently....so the fish store say's they found him in atlatic city NJ on a beach shore....wierd thing Last edited by dc; 08/16/2011 at 08:01 AM.

08/15/2011, 05:15 PM	#7
Dr Colliebreath Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: DC Vicinity Posts: 1,813	Looks like a yellow tang - white trigger hybrid. If this is for real, put it in a tank (preferably by itself) and feed a good diet with lots of seaweed/greens and some meaty foods, soaked in Selcon. Give it lots of food, keep the lights low and see what happens. __________________ Frank Current Tank Info: 110 Oceanic RR w/35 gal sump and SRO XP2000 int

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08/15/2011, 03:51 PM	#2
ENTMogul Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 403	Dude... I think it's the chunk missing out of him.

08/15/2011, 03:51 PM	#3
Woznickiaj Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hershey, PA Posts: 227	MAn he looks like hes in bad shape ....? Is anyone picking at him ? Is he eating ? What is in the tank with him a bamboo ?

08/15/2011, 03:53 PM	#4
Recty Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 6,584	Looks photoshopped.

08/15/2011, 04:19 PM	#6
Woznickiaj Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hershey, PA Posts: 227	No way ! This isn't some kind of joke is it?

08/15/2011, 05:18 PM	#8
Curious George Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 748	I'm from AC. If marine tropicals are washing up on shore, I'm moving back.

08/15/2011, 05:43 PM	#10
Tyler10121012 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 54	OK! i am not lying...he is fine! he eats like a pig and is a great healthy fish...just looks like he had a rough life...so im trying to change that...and for the last time its not a joke and its not photoshoped. Any more tips on growing his awkward fin back?

08/15/2011, 06:07 PM	#12
ENTMogul Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 403	I have had fish fins grow back but it really depends on how far down it goes. That looks very deep. If it does grow back, it will just take time, a healthy consistent diet and a STRESS FREE environment.

08/15/2011, 06:08 PM	#13
Tyler10121012 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 54	yea...ik its been 4 months and no growth...but i still love that fish...i did save his life

12/30/2011, 07:52 AM	#14
dewman1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Greenbush,ny Posts: 2	Hows the Tang doing? I have a yellow tang just like him. he got beat up when I introduced him to the tank, and after a few days nobody was bothering him, but his fins have been very slow to grow back.