ralph82396
Member
Hi all,
So on Saturday I picked up a purple tang, I had the LFS quarantine him for the last 30 days and all looked fine except he was a bit thin, I added him to the DT and hes just not eating the amount I would like, I know he needs to acclimate to the tank but In my 10+ years in the hobby I've noticed that tangs are usually out and about in a couple of hours and eating like champs especially Zebrasomas. he picks at the air and at the sand but ignores meaty foods and Nori, I took an 8 inch string of colupera from my fuge and clipped it to a nori clip to give it a "natural" feel and he picked at it once or twice but not enough that I would call it eating. He is by far the biggest fish in my 180 gallon DT. I feed 4 times a day and have nori present 24/7. I felt he may have some vision impairment causing him to pick at the open water when nothing was there so i put my hand to the glass on both sides of the fish and he flared his fins so vision is fine. He just hangs out in a cave and comes out every now and then, all other fish are built like Lizzo so I would call them healthy, The purples stomach is pinched and I'm not sure hoe long he can go in those conditions. He's not getting picked on by anything. Should I be worried or just keep waiting?
tank mates:
sailfin tang
blue hippo tang
orange shoulder tang
2 maroon clowns
evansi anthias
2 sergeant majors
flasher wrasse
Lawnmower Blenny
Parameters:
Nitrate 5
Phos .03
Alk 9 dkh
Mag 1380
Calc 390
ph 8.2
Ammonia/nitrite 0
So on Saturday I picked up a purple tang, I had the LFS quarantine him for the last 30 days and all looked fine except he was a bit thin, I added him to the DT and hes just not eating the amount I would like, I know he needs to acclimate to the tank but In my 10+ years in the hobby I've noticed that tangs are usually out and about in a couple of hours and eating like champs especially Zebrasomas. he picks at the air and at the sand but ignores meaty foods and Nori, I took an 8 inch string of colupera from my fuge and clipped it to a nori clip to give it a "natural" feel and he picked at it once or twice but not enough that I would call it eating. He is by far the biggest fish in my 180 gallon DT. I feed 4 times a day and have nori present 24/7. I felt he may have some vision impairment causing him to pick at the open water when nothing was there so i put my hand to the glass on both sides of the fish and he flared his fins so vision is fine. He just hangs out in a cave and comes out every now and then, all other fish are built like Lizzo so I would call them healthy, The purples stomach is pinched and I'm not sure hoe long he can go in those conditions. He's not getting picked on by anything. Should I be worried or just keep waiting?
tank mates:
sailfin tang
blue hippo tang
orange shoulder tang
2 maroon clowns
evansi anthias
2 sergeant majors
flasher wrasse
Lawnmower Blenny
Parameters:
Nitrate 5
Phos .03
Alk 9 dkh
Mag 1380
Calc 390
ph 8.2
Ammonia/nitrite 0
.
