Tang Behavior

[ROlympia]

I've got a powder brown tang. I fed him Reef Nutrition Angel Formula the other day and he went bezerk swimming around and also tried to rub himself against the rocks - doesn't actually make contact as far as I can tell. He does eat this quite readily. This evening I fed Reef Nutrition Prime Reef Flakes. He again went bezerk and starting trying to rub himself. He then went to his hiding place and I can see him thrusting his head from side to side and tail too.

I have not seen him exhibit such behavior except when eating free floating stuff.

My guess is something is getting caught in his gills. Anybody have a different guess or experience with this behavior?

I've got a cleaner shrimp who begs to clean him but he won't give it the opportunity.

Thanks

 

[nereefpat]

Looks like a healthy fish.

How long have you had it? QT? Anything recently added to the display?

Worms perhaps?

 

[ROlympia]

I got him mid-July, put him in the tank August 29 after doing tank transfer method, couple of prazipro rounds, Metroplex round and bath during 30 days of observation.

He is definitely fat and happy. He's also acting perfectly normal today so IDK.

 

[nereefpat]

Excellent qt. IDK either

 

[flfireman1]

Sounds like flukes from the symptoms described.


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[ROlympia]

He's been through enough Prazipro that I'd be surprised if it was; although I know treatments aren't 100% as evidenced by the fan worms attached to a coral that survived a Bayer Total Insect dip.

Tank was fallow before his tank mate went in and that fish also went through TTM and prazipro. I'm thinking something about the food irritates him and I'm trying to avoid a knee jerk expectation of disease or infestation. I don't think rubbing against a rock necessarily equals that, does it? If it were flukes I would expect rubbing randomly throughout the day and he doesn't rub for the 3 or 4 days between the times I feed free floating stuff.

Happy to hear from experienced folks though and want to know if my reasoning is off.

 

[ROlympia]

Micro-bubbles perhaps?

 

[Dmorty217]

+1 That behavior sounds like flukes to me

 

[ROlympia]

Two small brownish or reddish spots under his right pectoral fin this morning. So, guess I'll try to catch a tang and a starry blenny and get them into a treatment tank today. Sounds like a good time.