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sambroom

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my yellow tang looks like crap. He is faded when I turn the lights on in the morning and yellow by night, fins ripped up, looks real pale. Any ideas? No one attacks him as far as I know. Might it be my salinity, being too high? He still eats..
 
dogstar

dogstar

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Its normal for a Yellow Tang to look faded in the morning. Its their sleep colors. I have had mine for 5 years and they still do it. Dont worry about the color being pale as long as it does color up after an hour or so.
The ripped fins normally means its either being picked on by others or just injuring its self.
You gave very few details of your system so its hard to know.
 
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sambroom

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everyone is going to trip when I say this.... Its in a 55 gallon tank, 45 pounds of LR, 2 clowns (territiorial, bite me when I clean), 2 devil damsels, 1 sixline wrasse, 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 back and white striped damsel. Salt levels are at .026, temp 81
 
symon

symon

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Originally Posted by sambroom
everyone is going to trip when I say this.... Its in a 55 gallon tank, 45 pounds of LR, 2 clowns (territiorial, bite me when I clean), 2 devil damsels, 1 sixline wrasse, 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 back and white striped damsel. Salt levels are at .026, temp 81
I would bet money the Damsels are picking on him!
 
sharkbait9

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flush the damsels. Don't worry about the 55 gal, unless YT is big, then yeah you are in trouble if not tell the "tang police" if they give you a hard time To go pound salt.
 
promisetbg

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Originally Posted by sharkbait9
flush the damsels.
I am sorry but this is terrible advice. No animal deserves to be flushed. Damsels are not the devious fish some make them out to be. They are doing what nature has outlined them to do, they are being territorial. Granted they can be pests and aggressive, sometimes to the point of killing or tormenting other fish. In nature they would be just defending their space. We are the ones that put them in a small glass box and expect them to coexist.
If damsels are your problem, the LFS should take them back.
What are all of your tank parameters including amm, nitrites, PH, alkalinity,phosphates and nitrates? It could be a bacterial infection and is commonly called fin rot. How long have you had him?
 
sharkbait9

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Originally Posted by promisetbg
I am sorry but this is terrible advice. No animal deserves to be flushed. Damsels are not the devious fish some make them out to be. They are doing what nature has outlined them to do, they are being territorial. Granted they can be pests and aggressive, sometimes to the point of killing or tormenting other fish. In nature they would be just defending their space. We are the ones that put them in a small glass box and expect them to coexist.
If damsels are your problem, the LFS should take them back.
What are all of your tank parameters including amm, nitrites, PH, alkalinity,phosphates and nitrates? It could be a bacterial infection and is commonly called fin rot. How long have you had him?
it was meant figuratively, more as get them out. Maybe I should have been more to the point of " get them out of the tank" I did not think nor do I think any one in this hobby is flushing live animals.
 
alyssia

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Originally Posted by sharkbait9
it was meant figuratively, more as get them out. Maybe I should have been more to the point of " get them out of the tank" I did not think nor do I think any one in this hobby is flushing live animals.

Unfortunately they are. I have seen several posts on here where people have said they flushed damsels, a clownfish, and an anemone.
 
ophiura

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Originally Posted by sharkbait9
flush the damsels. .
Boy, you go off complaining about ***** fish and corporate policy on fish care and then post this. Probably a joke, but people do flush or just throw animals in the trash.
Keep in mind that the "tang police" are merely emphatic about care of the fish. You may not agree with it, but the attitude does not sell the counter-opinion well either.
 
alyssia

alyssia

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Originally Posted by ophiura
Boy, you go off complaining about ***** fish and corporate policy on fish care and then post this. Probably a joke, but


 
ophiura

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IMO, the salinity is not too high (don't let it creep higher however) but your coral banded shrimp is also a possible issue.
 
sharkbait9

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Originally Posted by ophiura
Boy, you go off complaining about ***** fish and corporate policy on fish care and then post this. Probably a joke, but people do flush or just throw animals in the trash.
Keep in mind that the "tang police" are merely emphatic about care of the fish. You may not agree with it, but the attitude does not sell the counter-opinion well either.
What can I say, some times I can and do come off sounding like an {edit language} The whole flush comment was in poor judgment I’ll admit that. I would never really want to see, let alone tell some one to flush them ( but I did) I know, it was meant in a joking manor of “flush them out of the tank”. Shame people would flush live animals.
What’s wrong with being anti corporate? At least thru it all I can and will admit when I come off in poor judgment. Definitely need a sheepish smiley or at least a blushing smiley. As to the tang police, yes we all have are vexes. They fight the fight for tangs and I fight for anti corporate Down with big business.
 
ophiura

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You can go off on corporate policy all you like. Just going from one thread like that to a "flush 'em" thread was very strange!!
 
sharkbait9

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Originally Posted by ophiura
You can go off on corporate policy all you like. Just going from one thread like that to a "flush 'em" thread was very strange!!

I'll claim the "snowball effect"
 
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sambroom

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THe damselfish are not a problem, but the clownfish are terratorial. Although I have never seen anyone bother the tang...
 
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