Sick Naso?

[Clancaster23]

I got my blonde naso last Friday and ever since then it's been healthy and swimming around just fine. Today I noticed it swimming a little strangely, sometimes at a 45 degree angle but not sitting in one spot. Now, later in the day, it looks like the stomach, the area just below his fins, may be swollen up a bit. But he's still eating which is strange. I have a seaweed strip on a rock and every day he nips away at it throughout the day until it's gone. The same today, it's about half gone now. I also gave it Mysis earlier which it ate up. I fed it that yesterday for the first time and all looked good. I have also noticed when it goes #2 that it isn't stringy like most fish do, it was kind of scattered about. Not how to explain it but sort of like if you sprinkled freeze dried brine shrimp in the tank. He's the only fish in a 180 gallon tank. Am I overreacting to a fattening fish or is there something to worry about? I'd post a picture but it's still timid when I go around the tank let alone with a camera up at.

 

[HumbleFish]

May not be anything to worry about just yet. But if you see white stringy poop or his stomach looks pinched, that could be a symptom of intestinal parasites.

 

[NewMariner]

I had a blonde naso years ago. When he went number 2 it was like an aerial barrage of artillery fire on a city at war. He would literally swim to the top of the tank in my old 180 and drop trowel and let go. It would rain down on the reef. I think it's fairly normal.

 

[Clancaster23]

Actually was able to get a couple half decent shots but they aren't the best.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn124/clancaster23/IMG_20140403_183857_598_zps64d0bd1d.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn124/clancaster23/IMG_20140403_183929_390_zpsbf39a44e.jpg

 

[Spar]

tagging along also. my Naso did this for the last several months, and finally looks like I'm losing him. his body is now curved in a C-shape, sitting in a hospital tank. didn't help that my powder blue tang beat the crud out of him while he was resting against a rock...

not saying your situation is the same, but i had been wondering about his odd swimming angle for a while.

 

[Clancaster23]

Next day it's still up and about. Actually looks a little better, not as swollen up. I have had a few people say it's just eating a lot which it is, but could just be a big belly so as long as there's no problem with it, it's good.