Naso Tang Floating on side at the surface

hnnhflns · 07/15/2014, 08:39 AM

We went to bed last night and she was fine. We got home late from a trip and she was her usual self and came to her corner to check out what we were doing.

However when we got up for work she was floating at the top of the tank on her side. Our QT tank is full of tangs from a separate tank that are recovering from ich (And doing really well by the way). So I put her in a large bucket with a heater and airstone.

She is housed in a 300 gallon DT (w/ a 300 gallon sump) with a couple small damsels, a tomato clown, and a pair of gold bar maroon clowns. She is by far the biggest fish in the tank and nobody has bothered her. She was mistaking the decorator crab for a rock last night when she was trying to sleep last night, but I don't think it bothered her.

I have been doing research. Is this a swim bladder problem? If so, how do I cure it? I have read several different theories. I gave her a smaller piece of red seaweed when I put her in the bucket, but she was never really into seaweed. If this isn't a swim bladder problem then what is it?

She isn't showing her distressed colors, and she looks pretty normal except for the side floating.

Please let me know; she is the sweetest fish we have. She sits right next to me in the aquarium when I am working at my desk and I would hate for her to die.

Rea17 · 07/15/2014, 10:14 AM

How long have you had her? How big is she? If she isn't into nori, what is she eating?

hnnhflns · 07/15/2014, 10:20 AM

She is about 3-4 inches long. We have had her for several months now. She does eat pellets and a homemade food we use. It is a delightful mix of several types of seaweed, spirulina, mysis, clams, oysters, aquarium supplements, etc. The aim was to have frozen premixed food that would feed fish and corals.

07/15/2014, 08:39 AM	#1
hnnhflns Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Davis, CA Posts: 292	Naso Tang Floating on side at the surface We went to bed last night and she was fine. We got home late from a trip and she was her usual self and came to her corner to check out what we were doing. However when we got up for work she was floating at the top of the tank on her side. Our QT tank is full of tangs from a separate tank that are recovering from ich (And doing really well by the way). So I put her in a large bucket with a heater and airstone. She is housed in a 300 gallon DT (w/ a 300 gallon sump) with a couple small damsels, a tomato clown, and a pair of gold bar maroon clowns. She is by far the biggest fish in the tank and nobody has bothered her. She was mistaking the decorator crab for a rock last night when she was trying to sleep last night, but I don't think it bothered her. I have been doing research. Is this a swim bladder problem? If so, how do I cure it? I have read several different theories. I gave her a smaller piece of red seaweed when I put her in the bucket, but she was never really into seaweed. If this isn't a swim bladder problem then what is it? She isn't showing her distressed colors, and she looks pretty normal except for the side floating. Please let me know; she is the sweetest fish we have. She sits right next to me in the aquarium when I am working at my desk and I would hate for her to die.

07/15/2014, 10:14 AM	#2
Rea17 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 1,254	How long have you had her? How big is she? If she isn't into nori, what is she eating? __________________ -Ami- Current Tank Info: 520g Reef Tank

07/15/2014, 10:20 AM	#3
hnnhflns Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Davis, CA Posts: 292	She is about 3-4 inches long. We have had her for several months now. She does eat pellets and a homemade food we use. It is a delightful mix of several types of seaweed, spirulina, mysis, clams, oysters, aquarium supplements, etc. The aim was to have frozen premixed food that would feed fish and corals.