Hi All,
I have had a purple tang in my 180g for about 14 months now and has been going fine. It has never had a voracious appetite but was always healthy and not thin. A few days ago it's appetite diminished further to the point where now I am not seeing it eat anything at all really. I have tried feeding mysis, brine, frozen seaweed, seaweed on a clip, nori, 3 different types of pellets, and also tried soaking food in garlic but there has been little to no interest in any of the food. It picked at the seaweed sheet yesterday but didn't really eat any.
See the link for a video at feeding time: Fish not eating
I am at a loss now on how to get this fish to eat, and am worried that it's a matter of days before it starves. There are no visible marks or wounds that I can see. The only symptoms/oddities with the fish are that it isn't eating, and it is not as active with it's swimming as usual.
See the link for a video of it being less active: Fish being less active
Tank Context:
About 2 months ago my large Australian Stripey got very weak overnight so I pulled it out into a QT tub and it ended up dying a few hours later.
2 weeks ago my powder blue tang who was incredibly healthy and active was dead on my sand bed when i got home from work.
All fish have been TTM'd and all corals have been fallow QT'd.
Full Triton test result from 2 days after my powder blue tang died (note the nutrients are higher than usual):
Tank has been otherwise stable excluding the fish deaths mentioned earlier. Any help and/or advice is much appreciated. Thanks.
I have had a purple tang in my 180g for about 14 months now and has been going fine. It has never had a voracious appetite but was always healthy and not thin. A few days ago it's appetite diminished further to the point where now I am not seeing it eat anything at all really. I have tried feeding mysis, brine, frozen seaweed, seaweed on a clip, nori, 3 different types of pellets, and also tried soaking food in garlic but there has been little to no interest in any of the food. It picked at the seaweed sheet yesterday but didn't really eat any.
See the link for a video at feeding time: Fish not eating
I am at a loss now on how to get this fish to eat, and am worried that it's a matter of days before it starves. There are no visible marks or wounds that I can see. The only symptoms/oddities with the fish are that it isn't eating, and it is not as active with it's swimming as usual.
See the link for a video of it being less active: Fish being less active
Tank Context:
About 2 months ago my large Australian Stripey got very weak overnight so I pulled it out into a QT tub and it ended up dying a few hours later.
2 weeks ago my powder blue tang who was incredibly healthy and active was dead on my sand bed when i got home from work.
All fish have been TTM'd and all corals have been fallow QT'd.
Full Triton test result from 2 days after my powder blue tang died (note the nutrients are higher than usual):
Tank has been otherwise stable excluding the fish deaths mentioned earlier. Any help and/or advice is much appreciated. Thanks.