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Posted: August 02 2010 at 7:56pm |
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I just got a TR Blue Hippo Tang who has been doing great since I got him on Friday. He has been looking better and better but today he is just swimming in one place and won't eat. I have been feeding him Brine Shrimp with garlic oil. Anyone have any suggestions to get him to eat/not die?
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 8:07pm |
Have you been feeding him Dried algae? since its a tang they require alot of algae on their diet in other to thrive in ones aquarium.
Is it in a quaritine tank? this is a sign of possible ich,.
have you seen others fish harrasing the tang?.
What are your water parameters?
Ammonia
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How did you acclimate your tang?
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 8:11pm |
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I just put some algae in with him. He did/does have ich, but it is nearly all gone. I don't think he is being picked on by other fish everything seems good. Should I put him in a quarantine tank? The parameters are all good and I drip acclimated him.
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 8:17pm |
I would buy some dried seaweed i use Ocean Nutrition kind and dip it on garlic oil and put it close to your tang this will stimulate your tang to eat not to mention it will repel some ich until tang immune system is up and will fight off ich.
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 8:21pm |
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As was mentioned before, Tangs are herbivores. They need a diet of algae to stay healthy.
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 8:23pm |
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I have the dried seaweed, Ill soak a different piece in garlic oil and give it to him. Should I bug him with my hand and the seaweed or just put it on a clip? Also would he be less stressed in a mesh quarantine tank?
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 8:37pm |
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I dont think it would do any difference in a quaratine tank since its not being harassed or anything on the tank. Just put the soaked seaweed on a clip and let the tang come to it. They seem shy by a movement from the outside.
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 8:57pm |
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Perhaps if you can include a photo of your tang?
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 9:00pm |
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What good would a pic do? It takes some time for them to feed on nori!
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Posted: August 02 2010 at 9:49pm |
I'd say it's tired of eating the same old garlic meat.  This behavior may be normal or it may be a problem. I invite you to call because it's too involved to discuss in writing.
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 12:03am |
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Please tell us more about the fish. How big is the fish? Size matters for these blue hippo tangs.
Nori doesn't work on new fish, unless they know to eat it, in my experience. Are there other tangs in the tank that know to eat nori from a clip? Small hippo tangs are mostly herbivorous, but they turn into pseudo-omnivores as they get bigger/older.
I'm not usually one to condone the use of suppliments/off-the-shelf miracles-in-a-bottle, but there's a picky fish suppliment that I've used to get fish to eat, mostly with good success. I can't remember what it's called, but it smells like bananas when you open the lid.
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 12:09am |
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Its about 1 inch without the tail, pretty small. It has moved around the tank a little bit since the first post but still won't eat. There are no other tangs but I have tried to feed previous tangs nori with no success. Do you remember where you got the supplement from?
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 7:20pm |
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He's still not eating.... any other suggestions? I have tried nori with and without garlic oil as well as romaine lettuce, brine shrimp with and without GO, and also reef plankton with and without GO.
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 7:35pm |
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You need to make sure he eats something. My tang gets to where he doesn't want to eat and I give him artic pods and he like to eat them. Then I feed him some dried nori (flake and he is back to normal
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 7:38pm |
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how long you leave the nori in the tank? My hippo was frightened of the clip and nori....he would stay away like it was the plague....I was worried I was only stressing him more so I gave up....finally I put nori in one day, forgot about and came home after being gone for 6-7 hours and he was chowing down! Give it time....let that nori stay in the tank for several hours....your water should be safe as long as its out before a 12 hour period. Also, make sure you clip it low and in a spot that is guarded and he feels safe in. Ex. low flow, rock work, etc......my tang still freaks out everytime I get within a foot from my tank...
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 9:45pm |
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Sometimes live foods are taken when nothing else works. Is there any live food in the tank, algae or bugs? Can you get some live Caulerpa and Brine Shrimp from someone here on the MB or at one of the LFS?
Does the fishes belly look sunken? Does it look bloated?
One of the few unfortunate things about this hobby is that some fish
just don't make it and that some types of fish just don't do well in
some tanks. Hippo Tangs are not known for their hardiness either. Hang
in there and learn from this experience.
Personally, I found it difficult to develop the discipline not to buy any fish at the LFS that is not completely healthy in every way. I went through quite a few fish in my early days.
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 10:51pm |
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I posted on your ad for some suggestions
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 11:02pm |
 Mark Peterson wrote:
I found it difficult to develop the discipline not to buy any fish is not completely healthy in every way. I went through quite a few fish in my early days.
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What do you mean by every way? usually i buy fish that has been at least 3 weeks in a LFS and check for any abnormalities
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 11:16pm |
This is the best that I can do. Sorry to make such a big deal out of this. This is the only downside of this hobby for me.
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Posted: August 03 2010 at 11:20pm |
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that looks bad, worse than i imagine. has the seaweed in a clip work?
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