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So. We have a Yellow Tang that we bought back in 2020. We call him The Dude. Everything was great with The Dude until he stopped eating, no explanation why. He would graze on the little algae that we have, eat nori rather aggressively, and eat brine shrimp and mysis at feeding time.
Then one day he just stopped eating. We tried every brand and type of food we could think of, including live brine shrimp and live macro algae. He started feeding again, for 2 days. That was it. He has gotten thinner and thinner over the last couple of months, sometimes not coming out of the rocks for a day or two at a time. I pretty much just expected to find him gone one morning.
We have made several additions to the tank since he stopped eating, but yesterday was different. We came home with a small Melanarus Wrasse. After acclimation he entered his new home and guess what? The Dude came out of the rocks and started swimming alongside the new wrasse! My wife commented that they looked like long lost friends. Then guess what? The Dude started eating. We fed the fish Mysis this morning before maintenance and The Dude joined all the other fish in the feast!
Obviously we are super happy about this and hoping it continues. They are swimming around together as I type this. Weird.
Then one day he just stopped eating. We tried every brand and type of food we could think of, including live brine shrimp and live macro algae. He started feeding again, for 2 days. That was it. He has gotten thinner and thinner over the last couple of months, sometimes not coming out of the rocks for a day or two at a time. I pretty much just expected to find him gone one morning.
We have made several additions to the tank since he stopped eating, but yesterday was different. We came home with a small Melanarus Wrasse. After acclimation he entered his new home and guess what? The Dude came out of the rocks and started swimming alongside the new wrasse! My wife commented that they looked like long lost friends. Then guess what? The Dude started eating. We fed the fish Mysis this morning before maintenance and The Dude joined all the other fish in the feast!
Obviously we are super happy about this and hoping it continues. They are swimming around together as I type this. Weird.