Needing help with tang

jarrett · Apr 20, 2015

I recently brought a kole tang it goes to one side of the aquarium and swims up and down the glass it's been four days now do I need to trade him or her lol for store credit ?

Reefing Madness · Apr 20, 2015

Is she eating? No signs of disease? give em some time if all looks well, they need to get used to the tank.

jarrett · Apr 20, 2015

She nips at the rocks and inhales some food but sometimes exhales some too..no disease she's beautiful I just want her to be happy!

jarrett · Apr 20, 2015

I feed mysis shrimp and have seaweed. ..should I try. Something else because she seems to like eating out of live rock??

eatbreakfast · Apr 20, 2015

If the tang is eating and not getting "pinched" behind the head I would not worry too much. Prefering to feed off of the rocks is normal for a bristletooth tang. Offering seaweed would be a good way to supplement its diet.

Reefing Madness · Apr 20, 2015

Yea, sounds like she's doing just fine. Feed what you've been feeding.

srva80xx · Apr 20, 2015

what size is the tank?

RIKYRUDD · Apr 20, 2015

I had a blue tang that use to do that but on the corners of my tank until I realized she was just eating the algae. It should be fine unless she has some discoloration of some sort. Just keep feeding and she'll get use to the tank.