Sailfin Tang not eating veggies?

[iusetablesalt]

My sailfin tangs is at the bottom of the sand bed and not swimming around like he should be, he hasn't been eating the seaweed salad for about a 4 days (i just got him). Any other types of frood or expirence on enticing them to eat? I'm willing to purchase any type of food. I just don't want to see him die fo starvation

 

[sman]

Try soaking his food in garlic, its a natural immune booster and entices almost all fish to eat.

 

[iusetablesalt]

it won't

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up my water?

 

[beth]

Provide some info about the tank the tang is in, and give us your water readings.

 

[iusetablesalt]

hes a small tang, hes only bout 1-1/2 inches, hes in my nano cube 28 gallons, (i know he'll need a bigger tank and i have one once he get bigger il trnasfer hime there) my water levels are:
7.9 pH
tem: 80 degrees F
and that all i can read 4 now atleast the test kits at home

 

[iusetablesalt]

sorry but he's not eating the seaweed rubbed with garlic either

 

[kclester]

Well i would say its stressed out from the small tank. Even if its only 1 1/2 inches these fish need ALOT of swimming space. Try taking regulard flake food and just take 1 flake and crimble it up....other than that i dont know what to tell you other than don't purchase a fish that is over sizedfor the tank you have !

 

[spiderwoman]

Also I'd try to get the pH up, it's a bit on the low side.

 

[beth]

I would try to move him to the larger tank. Can you post a digital picture of this fish?