NO! Not again!

[FishNutzBoi]

I had a mimic tang a month ago. It was eating fine (daily feeding of algae sheets, mysis, formula 1 pellets, brine shrimps). For some weird reason, it was getting really skinny and died after a month being in my tank. I got a powder brown tang 2 weeks ago. I daily feed it with algae sheets; garlic soaked mysis, formula 1 pellets, formula 2 flakes, formula 1 frozen. It eats just fine and its stomach seems full after every feeding. Unfortunately... I don't know WHY!?!?!?! It is getting really skinny, just like how my mimic tang was before it died. I only noticed its skinniness this afternoon. Please help! What's wrong with my tang? How can i help it?

TIA!

 

[JJFly]

What size tank? other inhabitants? How many feedings?

Tangs feed ALL day. Not just one or two feedings. They are a continuous grazer on the reef. They should not be eating a lot of Mysis. They get their immunity from a healthy dose of algae. Provide seaweed strips on a clip 2-3 times daily and you should see an improvement. Unless someone/something is stressing him out.

 

[Sk8r]

Also up your flow. Tangs use a lot of oxygen. I use 1200 in my 52.

 

[ufchristyb]

Were both fish from the same supplier/LFS? Wasting could be an intestinal parasites issue or an affect of a chemical/poison used in the capture process. Do you know what part of the world the fish came from? If its an area where cyanide is prevalent, you might want to consider finding another LFS.

Is there any evidence of stringy white poo? If so, intestinal parasites might be the cause, and you could treat by soaking their food in prazipro or by mixing some metranidizole in their food.

--Christy