Yellow Tang Won't Eat

[TDesaulniers]

All of a sudden my Yellow Tang doesn't eat anymore. He use to be the fish that went the craziest when it came to feeding time. Now, he has no interest in food. I fear for him because I am aware tangs have quick metabolisms and a few days without food can make a tang go weak. There's no apparent disease or anything like that and no sudden changes. What's going on?

 

[TDesaulniers]

The tang is also hiding a lot and breathing faster then normal.

 

[sandwi54]

please provide detailed information regarding the setup and the tang.


- how big is the tank? how long has it been set up?
- water parameters?
- how long have you had the tang? was it quarantined and treated for disease?
- list all of the tank mates. did you add new fish without quarantine and treatment lately?

 

[MrTuskfish]

^^^^^^Yes^^^^^
Also, is this YT nice & fat? A pic may help.Don't panic yet, any fish can go longer than 3 days without eating. (But if a YT stops eating, that is always serious---they are very hardy fish.

 

[jsatter1]

I'm having the same issue. Had my YT for 6 months now and he was always the first to eat. He got ich a month ago and recovered and so did his appetite. However started with seachem garlic suppl. about 2 weeks ago and that seems to be when he stopped eating. Won't even touch red seaweed. Haven't added any new fish but did add a thick stem waving hand and a new sps. Params are stable and listed below. Any advice? Hes getting pretty skinny!

Salinity - 1.024
Ammonia - 0
Cal - 410
dKh - ~9
nitrates-0
nitrites-0
pH-8.1
temp - 79F