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bcctevans
Guest
i just recieved my new blonde naso tang and i was wondering if it was normal or somthing for it to lay on its side for threee hours after i put it in my tank??
fishcrazy2
Member
He is probaly under alot of strees give him some time
guineawhop
Member
make sure you got something creating bubbles to get some oxygen into the water and adding stress coat wouldn't hurt either
mombostic
Member
I'm sure I read somewhere that one of the sites won't even guaratee some tangs because of their behavior during acclimation. People assume they are dead and throw them out and want a refund, but in reality they are just "playing dead." Flip through some of the sites that sell fish and see what you find out.
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exile415
Guest
i'd put some stress coat in. it helps.
guineawhop
Member
this is not one of those fish that plays dead
guineawhop
Member
your mistaken, some wrasses do that and i can't think of any other kind that do that too off the top of my head.
mombostic
Member
It's really bugging me because I'm SURE I read that about one of the tangs. My trouble is I've looked a ten thousand different sites and now I can't find it! 
After thinking about, I'm pretty sure it was either the hippo or the powder blue tang. Literally, one of the sites had an NG beside of it, and the reason was just as I said above.
Honest, I wouldn't put it on there if I hadn't heard of it. Now I'm on a mission.
P.S. Don't I know that wrasses do it! Mine gave me a mild heart attack when I was changing out my cc on Monday!
After thinking about, I'm pretty sure it was either the hippo or the powder blue tang. Literally, one of the sites had an NG beside of it, and the reason was just as I said above.
Honest, I wouldn't put it on there if I hadn't heard of it. Now I'm on a mission.
P.S. Don't I know that wrasses do it! Mine gave me a mild heart attack when I was changing out my cc on Monday!
mombostic
Member
Well, not completely satisfied, but it's better than nothing....
In the acclimation section on this web site it says that tangs may lay on their side in the bad or during acclimation.
Another competitors site says "marine fish such as tangs will often play dead when first put in your tank..."
It still wasn't what I was looking for, but it made me feel a little better. Now if I could just find my keys.........
In the acclimation section on this web site it says that tangs may lay on their side in the bad or during acclimation.
Another competitors site says "marine fish such as tangs will often play dead when first put in your tank..."
It still wasn't what I was looking for, but it made me feel a little better. Now if I could just find my keys.........
guineawhop
Member
i see what you're sayin....they might only do this when being acclimated to decrease stress, but once they're acclimated it would never play dead