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06/13/2008, 08:31 PM
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Yellow tang losing weight
Over the last few weeks my yellow tang has been losing weight. I've been feeding tetra color marine flakes to the other fish (of which he was partaking), seaweed salad, and mysis shrimp. As of late he has not been eating well and has been losing weight. I noticed it was recommened to add some garlic to the seaweed salad. It spiked his interest but he is still not eating like he used to. I was at the lfs today and one of the employees suggested adding romaine lettuce. Here's my questions:
1) How should the lettuce be prepared? 2) What else can I do to help him out before I lose him? I have checked all my water parameters and they all check out fine. No other fish are being affected. __________________
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55 gal marine, 1 blue/green chromis, 2 blue damsels, 1 clarkii clown, 1 yellow tang, 2 tube worms, assorted hermit crabs. Current Tank Info: 55 gal marine plus my 20 gal freshwater |
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06/13/2008, 08:36 PM
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Don't give him rommaine lettuce. This is not what you want to do. Go to your grocery store and get NORI seaweed. Get the unspiced version. This is used for rolling sushi. Put some on a clip. Your tang will go nuts over it!
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06/13/2008, 08:46 PM
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Definately don't feed it lettuce it is difficult for tangs to digest lettuce. A 55 gallon is yoo small for a yellow tang and if he is large he may be stressed resulting in him not eating.
What are your water parameters?
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90 gallon reef: 1 black ocellaris clown, 1 kole tang, 1 hippo tang, 1 mimic tang,1 leopard wrasse, 1 chromis, 75 gallon FOWLR: 1 blue-spotted puffer, 1 flame angel, 1 snowflake eel Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef and 75 gallon FOWLR |
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06/13/2008, 08:47 PM
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Your tang may have a intestinal parasite please post this on the fish disease treatment forum they will tell you how to treat it.
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06/13/2008, 08:50 PM
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Also don't feed any saltwater creature anything that doesn't come from the ocean!
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06/13/2008, 10:23 PM
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I also think you should quarantine him if not for a less stressful environment or at least til you get a handle on what the tang might have.
Also check out flukes http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...heir+treatment
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I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock |
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06/14/2008, 07:13 AM
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As I sit here this morning I've got a chance to watch his morning behavior. He is spending most of his time searching for flake food that has fallen on the LR and sand. I have not been successful in getting any information from the fish disease forum on parasites. Does anyone have any suggestions about that?
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55 gal marine, 1 blue/green chromis, 2 blue damsels, 1 clarkii clown, 1 yellow tang, 2 tube worms, assorted hermit crabs. Current Tank Info: 55 gal marine plus my 20 gal freshwater |
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06/14/2008, 08:10 AM
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there is a fresh water dip with formalin that is successfull. I am just not sure of the concentration to use.
As Tswifty on this thread because Tmz who is the expert frequents this thread also http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=139398
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