powder blue not eating

sleazalino

Member
got powder blue tang two weeks ago fish was a little heathier but know i can see hie ribs he grazes all day long but never eats what i put out seaweed brine shrimp hikari marine please help i don't want to lose him 125 with alot of live rock yellow tang, blue tang, two clowns, and singapore angel so no enemies
 

lion_crazz

Active Member
Can you post your water parameters for us? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, kH, temp, and salinity would be helpful.
Did you quarantine this fish? Do you own a quarantine tank?
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by sleazalino
got powder blue tang two weeks ago fish was a little heathier but know i can see hie ribs he grazes all day long but never eats what i put out seaweed brine shrimp hikari marine please help i don't want to lose him 125 with alot of live rock yellow tang, blue tang, two clowns, and singapore angel so no enemies
First, as lion_crazz stated, did you QT him? All tangs are grazzers. You need a much healthier and varried diet for him. Try some seaweed sheets, formula 2 frozen, Brine shrimp will do nothing for him. Julian Sprug's sea veggies, ETC. do you feed vitamines? Being he is getting skinnier in your care (I mean no dispespect) I am guessing he is not getting the nutrition that he needs. If he is reluctant to feed. Try some fresh garlic juice soaked in the food. Also, please state your water parameters, again, as Lion_Crazz asked.
 

who dey

Active Member
i feed mine 1 seaweed sheet a week, 1 piece of krill a week dosed w garlic and omega one super veggie flakes daily. Try and let him pick on some garlic dosed krill to maybe stimulate an appetite
 
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