samfishes
New Member
Hi Guys,
Need some help pretty please.
Had a young naso tang for about 4 weeks now. He is less than 4" long. He aclimatised really well to the tank, was picking off the live rock and eating well.
A couple of weeks ago we noticed he had all but stopped eating and has gotten very skinny. We have tried different foods to tempt him but nothing seems to be working so far. We feed a mixture of brineshrimp and spirulla, brineshrimp and garlic, nanocuisine, atremia, green seaweed and live brineshimp varying all the time so the fish have a nice varied diet. He doesn't seem to be getting picked on at all during feeding times but he is a bit of a wimp so tends to get muscled out quite alot (even though he is one of the bigger fish) Yesterday we replaced a small jewel puffer (~ 2") for a much larger puffer and, although he doesn't seem to be giving the naso any hassle, this morning our naso has taken a really bad turn. He is not eating at all, not really swimming and keeps lying at the bottom of the tank.
Tested the water and all seems good, PH 8.3, ammonia and nitrite virtually nil, nitrate ~20ppm, temp 26, salinity perfect. His house mates are 1x yellow tang, 1x puffer, 2xdamsels, 1x unidentified (although he has been there since we have the tank and is very docile so no hassle from him!) 1xsmall lobster and 1xhermit crab.
We have got the low lights on at the mo to try and keep him calm and are getting some different types of food to try and tempt him but i'm really worried he's gonna die. Please help, any advise gratefully received!
Need some help pretty please.
Had a young naso tang for about 4 weeks now. He is less than 4" long. He aclimatised really well to the tank, was picking off the live rock and eating well.
A couple of weeks ago we noticed he had all but stopped eating and has gotten very skinny. We have tried different foods to tempt him but nothing seems to be working so far. We feed a mixture of brineshrimp and spirulla, brineshrimp and garlic, nanocuisine, atremia, green seaweed and live brineshimp varying all the time so the fish have a nice varied diet. He doesn't seem to be getting picked on at all during feeding times but he is a bit of a wimp so tends to get muscled out quite alot (even though he is one of the bigger fish) Yesterday we replaced a small jewel puffer (~ 2") for a much larger puffer and, although he doesn't seem to be giving the naso any hassle, this morning our naso has taken a really bad turn. He is not eating at all, not really swimming and keeps lying at the bottom of the tank.
Tested the water and all seems good, PH 8.3, ammonia and nitrite virtually nil, nitrate ~20ppm, temp 26, salinity perfect. His house mates are 1x yellow tang, 1x puffer, 2xdamsels, 1x unidentified (although he has been there since we have the tank and is very docile so no hassle from him!) 1xsmall lobster and 1xhermit crab.
We have got the low lights on at the mo to try and keep him calm and are getting some different types of food to try and tempt him but i'm really worried he's gonna die. Please help, any advise gratefully received!
