naso tang vs aquarium - football style

[bellaroxio]

Naso tang came in from SWF.
Yesterday, it kept chasing his tail - going around in circle...
Today, it would traverse the whole 8ft tank and hitting his nose hard at the aquarium. Like he has no brake!
Can you expert shed some light?
Thanks

 

[hatessushi]

How big of a tank is it and how big is the Naso? What are the water parameters and how was it acclimated? Was it qt'd first?
Oh, and also what other fish are in the tank with it?

 

[baloo6969]

well i'm just going to state the obvious...it will either die from stress or a broken nose/face/jaw OR get use to things and mellow out.

 

[bellaroxio]

It was dripped as rec by saltwaterfish.com
tank is 8ft long - 200 gal.
Other fish are tangs are doing fine.
It seems to calm down.
Water chemical tests - PERFECT.
Thanks so much

 

[kwiknezy1]

Originally Posted by bellaroxio
It was dripped as rec by saltwaterfish.com
tank is 8ft long - 200 gal.
Other fish are tangs are doing fine.
It seems to calm down.
Water chemical tests - PERFECT.
Thanks so much

I had one do the same thing.. it did that for like 3 days. It was kinda funny for a while then i remembered how much i paid for it.. I acclimated it the way it was directed. After a day or 2 it calmed down and then after a week it croaked over.. i was really dissapointed, plus i have never been able to keep tangs.. all test showed perfic, but i can have a tang for like 3 days then the next thing i see is my crabs eating it.. I honestly dont get it..oh well I just do angel fish ( bi-color ) and clowns some blennies and a few other reef safe fish. I completely gave up on tangs all together..