Bangaii Cardinal stopped eating

[alten78]

Current Tank (75 gal 20 gal sump) has been established for roughly 2 years, have had these 2 bangaii cardinals for that long. Their tank mates are 2 false perc clowns, six line, purple dottyback, foxface rabbitfish, and tomini tang. The tang was the most recent addition a few months ago. Got them when they were very small, have always done well but now one will not eat. Usually feed a variety of foods, rods, formula 1 and 2, frozen Mysis. SG is at 1.025 using a refractometer and temp stays at 79ish.

Only one of the cardinals has stopped eating, it appears like it wants to. They usually will eat everything I put in the tank but they really go after the Mysis. What is confusing me is when I do feed, it goes after every piece of food like its going to eat but stops short. I haven't seen any signs of stress or anything out of the ordinary, starting to look a little thin which is when I really noticed it wasn't eating.

haven't been able to catch the bugger yet to throw him in qt, working on that next.

 

[snorvich]

Is it holding young in its mouth?

 

[alten78]

Not that I can tell, it does keep its mouth halfway open all the time though, but im not seeing anything in there. Ill keep an eye on it.

 

[alten78]

ill be damned, after staring and trying to get a better look, either the fish stuck its tongue out at me or it was one of its young came out for a second and back in. I would have never have guessed, I was just watching it get thinner and waiting for it to die, how exciting!

 

[snorvich]

ill be damned, after staring and trying to get a better look, either the fish stuck its tongue out at me or it was one of its young came out for a second and back in. I would have never have guessed, I was just watching it get thinner and waiting for it to die, how exciting!

It will be a reoccurring phenomenon. Always pretty interesting!!