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Hello,
I have a blue tang that just got put into a 29 gallon QT. She is about 1.5". Day one she is eating GC soaked mysis and flakes well but every morning she is laying on her side heavily breathing, usually stuck underneath the sponge filter. This morning, on Monday heading to work of course, she looks worse than yesterday, really breathing heavy, on side. I did bring the [Cu] to 2.0 ppm yesterday afternoon but she was eating at the concentration last night. Im thinking when I get home she will be swimming around but not sure, is this usual behavior?
Also in the QT is an Orange Shoulder tang, same size. They are getting along but both are just so skittish. Im hoping they are just getting used to the environment, im sure this is a stress response. I noticed yetserday the blue tang has small white patches in some places, I was thinking it was stress coloration but not sure. Images arent great, I will get more tonight. Bacterial? I have Furan-2 only.
Any ideas?
Edit: After looking through other forums it looks like this is normal behavior?
I have a blue tang that just got put into a 29 gallon QT. She is about 1.5". Day one she is eating GC soaked mysis and flakes well but every morning she is laying on her side heavily breathing, usually stuck underneath the sponge filter. This morning, on Monday heading to work of course, she looks worse than yesterday, really breathing heavy, on side. I did bring the [Cu] to 2.0 ppm yesterday afternoon but she was eating at the concentration last night. Im thinking when I get home she will be swimming around but not sure, is this usual behavior?
Also in the QT is an Orange Shoulder tang, same size. They are getting along but both are just so skittish. Im hoping they are just getting used to the environment, im sure this is a stress response. I noticed yetserday the blue tang has small white patches in some places, I was thinking it was stress coloration but not sure. Images arent great, I will get more tonight. Bacterial? I have Furan-2 only.
Any ideas?
Edit: After looking through other forums it looks like this is normal behavior?