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I am not sure if this is an emergency or not but I tend to err on the side of caution. Yesterday, I transferred a blue tang, yellow tang and black cap basslet into the DT. Last night (first night in DT), the blue tang appeared to be wedging himself in little rock crevice/cave where the black cap had made its home. During the day, he seemed fine,,, Eating, moving around and acting normal. Then again tonight when the LEDs were turning down, he went back into the cave and it looked like he was trying to scratch himself by rubbing on the rocks. The basslet was actually biting him on the side trying to get him to leave the cave but he stayed in there. He even has tiny scratches on his side from what I think was from the black cap and not scratching. Then I turned on the T5s and he came out and was swimming around like he normally does. So I turned the T5s off and only the dim blue LEDs were on and he went back to the cave. Other than the abnormal behavior and the scratches, he looks fine. No heavy breathing and all other fish look fine. I tried to get a picture, but he is not cooperating for photos. Is it normal for blue tangs to do this at night, especially in a new environment? Should I pull him out yet or monitor for other signs of velvet?
I know blues have weird sleeping habits., but this guy has me concerned. I just checked on him minute ago and he is in the cave but I don't see him scratching as much. It is pretty tight in the cave so I am hoping he is just being pushed to the rock by the powerhead which are not too far away. His body is very close to the rock.
Thanks,
Steve
I know blues have weird sleeping habits., but this guy has me concerned. I just checked on him minute ago and he is in the cave but I don't see him scratching as much. It is pretty tight in the cave so I am hoping he is just being pushed to the rock by the powerhead which are not too far away. His body is very close to the rock.
Thanks,
Steve