Clown Tang withering

[jeremy mct]

I bought a clown tang from saltwaterfish.com 19days ago. He was doing great, but today I was looking at him and it is like someone put a vacume seel to his body. Where his face was rounded, it has two sunken in spots and the rest of his body is really thin. he seems to be eating normal. This get spectrum pellets and frozen Mysis every day. At the moment it is pooping so it seems at though the digestion process is working, so I can not think of what would cause him to wither away like that.

 

[beth]

Did he get sucked into one of your pump intakes? Can you post a picture?

 

[sepulatian]

Does he seem to be aggressively eating? Does his fecal matter look normal (not white and stringy). How often do you feed?

 

[jeremy mct]

he didn't get sucked into the filter. I feed them daily with the spectrum pellets and the frozen mysis. every few days I put some leaf algee in the feeding clip. He seems to be eating nornal and the poop is normal too. swimming ok but is laboring a little. just sunken in and really thin.

 

[sepulatian]

He does look very thin. You may want to feed more often and food that is substantial. Pellets and mysis are alright, but not as the main diet. Pick up some frozen formula foods. Add some Selcon or Zoecon to the food. He should also get algae strips daily. The thing to remember is that these fish graze all day long in the wild. Don't add so much food that it fouls your water. Do small feedings three times a day along with the algae.

 

[beth]

Tangs should eat 3x a day and have vegetarian food every day.

 

[jeremy mct]

Thank you both for your help. I took him in to the local pet store and they tried to nurse him back to health. I stopped in today and he didn't make it. They think he may have had an internal parisite.