Hey Guys,
Brand new to this hobby, posted a huge post about getting my neglected tank from someone else and saving it. When I got the tank, it was in shambles and I'm slowly getting it back to snuff. When I brought it home, my wife was really excited about the tank and showed up with a blue tang before I really had the tank settled in. Since it was a 3 year old tank with a sailfin tang and two clownfish in it, and since I had nothing else to do with it, I introduced it into the tank. It was bullied a little by the sailfish tang, but they both settled in. The blue tang has been lethargic for the entire month. Reading online, that can be a typical behavior, I didn't think a lot of it. Since then, about 6 other fish have been added to the tank, and all are healthy. If it matters, hammer coral died really quickly, but that was probably due to me putting it in to close after moving the tank to my house.
White marks on the Tang appear to be just live sand, as they come off easily. No other indication of anything around the gills, head, or fins. Stomach is severely impacted and I believe he's slowly starving to death, as I can see its ribs. Picture is from a few days ago when I moved the live rock to clean the tank, please don't judge to hard on the algae on the glass
Thoughts?
Brand new to this hobby, posted a huge post about getting my neglected tank from someone else and saving it. When I got the tank, it was in shambles and I'm slowly getting it back to snuff. When I brought it home, my wife was really excited about the tank and showed up with a blue tang before I really had the tank settled in. Since it was a 3 year old tank with a sailfin tang and two clownfish in it, and since I had nothing else to do with it, I introduced it into the tank. It was bullied a little by the sailfish tang, but they both settled in. The blue tang has been lethargic for the entire month. Reading online, that can be a typical behavior, I didn't think a lot of it. Since then, about 6 other fish have been added to the tank, and all are healthy. If it matters, hammer coral died really quickly, but that was probably due to me putting it in to close after moving the tank to my house.
White marks on the Tang appear to be just live sand, as they come off easily. No other indication of anything around the gills, head, or fins. Stomach is severely impacted and I believe he's slowly starving to death, as I can see its ribs. Picture is from a few days ago when I moved the live rock to clean the tank, please don't judge to hard on the algae on the glass
Thoughts?