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Snufflupagus 01-14-2010 11:53 PM

Help Yellow tang not eating
 
hello all,

I have a yellow tang that isn't eating, and is looking extremely skinny. No matter what I do, he just doesn't eat, I think my other fish are just to quick and are eating the food before he even knows it's there. I started a little nano tank, I just have the filter and the heater going right now, would it be a good idea just to move him into that tank and see if he eats in there? There is no powerhead on that nano yet. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Snufflupagus 01-14-2010 11:55 PM

Forgot to mention that the salt levels at with in the 1.022 and 1.023 in both tanks and the temps are 25.5 and 26.6 in the other. I used the same water from my large tank to fill the nano tank.

RIPTANK 01-15-2010 12:02 AM

Yeah, my yellow tang is pretty slow and tend to miss out on the feeding with the faster fish. She was looking pretty skinny until I threw in some nori. A few hours later and she was nice and fat. I would recommend picking up some nori and putting it around a rock with an elastic band.

Snufflupagus 01-15-2010 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RIPTANK (Post 481501)
Yeah, my yellow tang is pretty slow and tend to miss out on the feeding with the faster fish. She was looking pretty skinny until I threw in some nori. A few hours later and she was nice and fat. I would recommend picking up some nori and putting it around a rock with an elastic band.

I've tried the nori, I have a clip for the side glass. I've also tried putting some tied down near the hole he likes to hide in. Nothing is working, but thanks for the idea.

blueyota 01-15-2010 12:13 AM

have you tried soaking the food in some garlic extract thats how i tricked my hippo into eating brine shrimp

Snufflupagus 01-15-2010 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by blueyota (Post 481504)
have you tried soaking the food in some garlic extract thats how i tricked my hippo into eating brine shrimp

I've tried garlic on mysis and brine, flake food with garlic, nori, and pellets.

Trocar61 01-15-2010 12:28 AM

Hey, How long have you had your Tang for.

Snufflupagus 01-15-2010 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Trocar61 (Post 481508)
Hey, How long have you had your Tang for.

About a month now.

Trocar61 01-15-2010 12:36 AM

Did you pick it up in town.

Snufflupagus 01-15-2010 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Trocar61 (Post 481513)
Did you pick it up in town.

I did. Thought I'd give it a shot.


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