New(ish) Yellow Tang having problems?

[Fishboy1230]

I acquired this yellow tang about 2 to 3 weeks ago and now hes not swimming right or being as perky as before. He is still eating but not very enthusiastically like he was. I have been feeding him sushi seaweed sheets daily. Am I doing somthing wrong? Now instead of constantly darting around he is staying much more still toward the top few inches of water unless someone walks by. Ideas???
I feel time is fast running away for him
Ill attach pics....

 

[Fishboy1230]

You can see he is pale around his head and his gills are forward more than normal. Any help? Water Params are norm.

 

[Fishboy1230]

bump.

 

[Iwishihadgills]

Looks extremly skinny try feeding him other stuff like flake mysid spirulina brine. He might have internal parasites. I would try to power feeding him

 

[Fishboy1230]

I was thinking that. Ill try, anything i can do in the meantime? btw nice pic. Kinda creepy though.

 

[sanchoy]

That tang is too skinny. You want to add selcon to your nori. Also add mysis shrimp soaked in selcon as well. Feed more often.

 

[Fishboy1230]

He was pigging out on seaweed nori the other day idk and today he looks like this. i offered him some food now. should i leave the lights off and let him sleep more or less or keep them on and encourage him to eat?

 

[sanchoy]

what happens when someone walks by?

You probably acquired a sick fish already. Something is not right in your setup. Check PH,trates, and especially ammonia. Yellow tangs are usually very hardy, I kept at least 2 in the past in which i rescued from a negligent owner. Both tangs lived long with me and was fragged forward to other reefers.

Mix in some mysis to entice him to eat. Try putting a mirror next to him to also to entice his activity level. Sometimes this makes the fish eat because they have to get bigger to fight competition (worked with my mandarin).

 

[Fishboy1230]

haha like the mirror idea. Sounds good. Today he had a bit more color. still not normal. Any not really gliding around as normal. When someone walks by he still dives for the rocks as normal but comes out after a bit.