Yellow Tang In Distress! Please Help!!

[Tyler10121012]

:debi: hey guys my tang is showing some signs of stress...or ??? idk please help me fix this!

 

[ENTMogul]

Dude... I think it's the chunk missing out of him. :headwalls:

 

[Woznickiaj]

MAn he looks like hes in bad shape ....? Is anyone picking at him ? Is he eating ? What is in the tank with him a bamboo ?

 

[Recty]

Looks photoshopped.

 

[Tyler10121012]

hahaha i know guys its...BAD...but let me tell you guys...i got him for 3$ it was a steal...i couldent let him stay there..i knew he would die in the fish store if i didnt save him...other than the way he looks...he is eating fine...and acts well with other fish...so [profanity] i dont know where else to go...apperently....so the fish store say's they found him in atlatic city NJ on a beach shore....wierd thing

 

[Woznickiaj]

No way ! This isn't some kind of joke is it?

 

[Dr Colliebreath]

Looks like a yellow tang - white trigger hybrid. :strange:

If this is for real, put it in a tank (preferably by itself) and feed a good diet with lots of seaweed/greens and some meaty foods, soaked in Selcon. Give it lots of food, keep the lights low and see what happens.

 

[Curious George]

I'm from AC. If marine tropicals are washing up on shore, I'm moving back.

 

[snorvich]

I'm from AC. If marine tropicals are washing up on shore, I'm moving back.

especially ones like the one pictured. That is weird.

 

[Tyler10121012]

OK! i am not lying...he is fine! he eats like a pig and is a great healthy fish...just looks like he had a rough life...so im trying to change that...and for the last time its not a joke and its not photoshoped. Any more tips on growing his awkward fin back?

 

[Tyler10121012]

My breeder tank

My breeder tank

this is the tank with my tang...see it swimming happily...my 3$ investment is not a joke...i really want to nurture it back to good health:strange:

 

[ENTMogul]

I have had fish fins grow back but it really depends on how far down it goes. That looks very deep.

If it does grow back, it will just take time, a healthy consistent diet and a STRESS FREE environment.

 

[Tyler10121012]

yea...ik its been 4 months and no growth...but i still love that fish...i did save his life

 

[dewman1]

Hows the Tang doing? I have a yellow tang just like him. he got beat up when I introduced him to the tank, and after a few days nobody was bothering him, but his fins have been very slow to grow back.