donald altman
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I need some help guys and girls. I have a 100 gallon tank with a 20 gallon refugium. Currently it is a mixed reef with one Kole tang and about 8-10 damsels of various types and one magenta dottyback.
All my fish get along and eat like pigs.. well all except for the tang.
The system is mature everything looks and acts healthy.. except the tang.
When I first got the tang several months ago it was semi shy and would notice its reflection in the corners of the tank. however it would come out and swim around quiet often. The kole tang would graze on the turf algea I had a problem with growing on my rocks. The rocks are clean of turf algea now for the most part (thank goodness) and the tang has stopped eating from what I can observe.
He is looking rather thin. And he has become even more reclusive than when I first got him. he spends 75% of the time hiding in the rockwork and very rarely comes out at all when the lights are on full.
I have feed the tank small sinking pellets.. larger floating pellets... frozen mysis with garlic.. frozen brine dried krill and flake.
I have a large specimin of red nori (Halymenia floridana) that actually grows in my display tank that is softball sized or bigger. I have taken grape calurpa from my refugium and hung a peice from my mag float to see if the kole would touch it.. the damsels nipped at it some but looks to be untouched for the most part.. its been in the tank 2 days.. hopeing that the kole would try some at night when the lights go out. No luck. I guess I am going to try some green nori sheets tonight or tommorrow but I am wondering if I should be doing something else. I would think the fresh growing macro algea would be more up his ally than some dried stuff.
He does pick at the sand some.. and I see him spit some out occasionally. He still pecks at the rock and the glass some. When I do see him out he seems to swim just fine... no signs of ick or anything else in the tank.
All my fish get along and eat like pigs.. well all except for the tang.
The system is mature everything looks and acts healthy.. except the tang.
When I first got the tang several months ago it was semi shy and would notice its reflection in the corners of the tank. however it would come out and swim around quiet often. The kole tang would graze on the turf algea I had a problem with growing on my rocks. The rocks are clean of turf algea now for the most part (thank goodness) and the tang has stopped eating from what I can observe.
He is looking rather thin. And he has become even more reclusive than when I first got him. he spends 75% of the time hiding in the rockwork and very rarely comes out at all when the lights are on full.
I have feed the tank small sinking pellets.. larger floating pellets... frozen mysis with garlic.. frozen brine dried krill and flake.
I have a large specimin of red nori (Halymenia floridana) that actually grows in my display tank that is softball sized or bigger. I have taken grape calurpa from my refugium and hung a peice from my mag float to see if the kole would touch it.. the damsels nipped at it some but looks to be untouched for the most part.. its been in the tank 2 days.. hopeing that the kole would try some at night when the lights go out. No luck. I guess I am going to try some green nori sheets tonight or tommorrow but I am wondering if I should be doing something else. I would think the fresh growing macro algea would be more up his ally than some dried stuff.
He does pick at the sand some.. and I see him spit some out occasionally. He still pecks at the rock and the glass some. When I do see him out he seems to swim just fine... no signs of ick or anything else in the tank.
