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tranvictor 11-23-2006 08:35 PM

Help Sailfin Tang not eating
 
Hello Everybody:

I bought a sailfin tang last weekend, and he isn't eating. I tried Nori, mysis, brine. Nothing is working. Anyone have any suggestions?

SHould I try food soaked in entice? Garlic guard? Flakes?

Any help is appreciated.

Der_Iron_Chef 11-23-2006 08:38 PM

Garlic!

Delphinus 11-23-2006 08:55 PM

How are you feeding the nori?

Best way to feed nori is to wrap a piece around a piece of PVC and hang that in the tank. A loose sheet is no good, it will disintegrate, but if he can "pick" at the PVC it won't be long before he discovers the nori-ish goodness and mow it down within seconds of being offered.

Garlic is supposed to be pretty good at getting them to come around to offered foods. Squeeze some garlic oil on the nori.

Also maybe try some spirulina flake.

klm 11-23-2006 09:01 PM

Hi there, My fussiest fish always go crazy for flying fish eggs (roe) that I get from T & T supermarket @ WEM (just ask at the sushi counter)
Karen

WWWD 11-23-2006 09:02 PM

Also maybe try some live brine just to get him eating.

whitsunday 11-23-2006 09:07 PM

sailfin
 
I just put a piece of nori into tank held in place with magnetic algae cleaner (mag float) the motion should attract the sailfin.

Der_Iron_Chef 11-23-2006 09:18 PM

I think there's also a T&T Supermarket up on 17th Ave. SE....not far from Gold's.

Der_Iron_Chef 11-23-2006 09:19 PM

Oops. My bad. It's not T&T, but it's something like T&T! I'll be quiet now...

Ruth 11-23-2006 09:29 PM

A couple of other things to look for:
- are there other aggressive tank mates that might be scaring him away from the food or intimidating him into not eating?
- have you got him in an appropriate size tank with good water quality? Either of these can make a fish feel not so great and they don't want to eat.

marcingo 11-23-2006 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef (Post 221932)
Oops. My bad. It's not T&T, but it's something like T&T! I'll be quiet now...

I believe its T & K market

EmilyB 11-24-2006 04:53 AM

If there are other fish eating in the tank, it will catch on. If not, I just put an OSI spirulina stick on in the tank for a few days, even if the tang doesn't nibble, the stuff flakes off and you will see it catching it in the water flow. Some spirulina flake. Garlic on the mysis, and away you go. Nori is foreign unless someone else in the tank is eating it, so may take a while for it to catch on.

tranvictor 11-24-2006 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruth (Post 221935)
A couple of other things to look for:
- are there other aggressive tank mates that might be scaring him away from the food or intimidating him into not eating?
- have you got him in an appropriate size tank with good water quality? Either of these can make a fish feel not so great and they don't want to eat.

He is in a new 40 gal, just finished cycling 2 weeks ago, he and a small yellow tang are the only inhabitants. The yellow isn't picking on him, and the yellow is eating all foods offered. I will try garlic tonight.

niloc16 11-24-2006 05:32 PM

personally i would say that he is not eating because the tank is too small for him and the yellow tang and the yellow tang is probably keeping him from eating. just my opinion though

phillybean 11-25-2006 10:40 PM

I agree, with-out trying to sound like the Tang police, in a 40G even the yellow is too much, the poor salfin is most likely to stressed to eat. Return it to the LFS and getting something smaller asap, sooner or later you'll have bigger problems then him just not eating.

naesco 11-25-2006 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phillybean (Post 222266)
I agree, with-out trying to sound like the Tang police, in a 40G even the yellow is too much, the poor salfin is most likely to stressed to eat. Return it to the LFS and getting something smaller asap, sooner or later you'll have bigger problems then him just not eating.

Good advice, Philly


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