Yellow tang help

[PACKRULE]

Picked up a nice 3 inch yellow tang a week and a half ago. He's in 65 gallons with 2 small percs, a hawk fish and a watchman goby. Well the tang ate well to begin with and is still eating but has stopped swimming around and has a very bloated stomach on both sides. Have fed a mixture of blood worms and brine and spurlina flake. The other fish are fine and water is stable. Any ideas???

[Leah]

Might be the bloodworms not really for saltwater fish only a guess though, how much you feeding?

[Marlin65]

Plus 1 and your tank is too small for a 3" tang he is not happy. Not enough room to swim.

[PACKRULE]

The bloodworms are part of a 50/50 plus pack sold by h2o life for salt water and reef tanks. Bought the stuff from Bayside corals. Nothing in fresh water sold there. Anyway the tank is more then big enough for a tang not going to argue size though for a tang in a tank.

Any one with any insight or past experience to this type of bloating?

[Marlin65]

If you don't want to take good advise don't ask.:twised:

[PACKRULE]

Marlin you did not provide any good advice!

Anyway anyone else on the original query.

[blueyota]

try to feed him peeled frozen peas ...helps with constipation ....tryed it on my wrasse but he wouldnt eat it but was better the next morning

[Marlin65]

Replied to your PM

[edikpok]

+1 on the peas. I've tried it before and it gave my fish some high quality diahrrea :)

try giving the tang some seaweed and romaine lettuce too....

[Leah]

I would consider buying something else for food both brine and bloodworms is more like a treat not a staple. You could try mysis, mussels, squid, shrimp also lots of good flake and pellets out there too! Algae sheets are great for him.

[fishytime]

The bloodworms are part of a 50/50 plus pack sold by h2o life for salt water and reef tanks. Bought the stuff from Bayside corals. Nothing in fresh water sold there.

Any one with any insight or past experience to this type of bloating?

just because a sw store carries a product, doesnt mean its good for every application:wink:.....
bloodworms are a very fatty protein rich food.....perhaps if I could use this analogy...... might be a case of a vegetarian falling off the wagon and eating a porter house steak......probably bunged his little system up....

[PACKRULE]

Thanks to most everyone who replied. I'll try the peas I'd read that elsewhere as well. I also feed spurlina flakes as well, my fishes diet doesn't rely only on brine and bloodworms. But thanks again most everyone.

[Leah]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ya! :wink:

[PACKRULE]

Don't look confused Leah, you were most helpful. Thanks.