Regal tang in bad shape

[ljwillyl]

Hi all, i added a regal tang to my tank about a week ago now. At first my foxface was really bullying him so i turned off the lights until the next morning, he seemed to be doing well swimming peacefully with the other fish (foxface, brown sailfin, 4 clowns) until today I noticed he is hiding Alot breathing heavy is losing colour down one side and appears to have an exposed bone on the side of his rear fin and some of the fin at the bottom seems damaged. I cant see any aggression from the other fish, can someone please help.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi all, i added a regal tang to my tank about a week ago now. At first my foxface was really bullying him so i turned off the lights until the next morning, he seemed to be doing well swimming peacefully with the other fish (foxface, brown sailfin, 4 clowns) until today I noticed he is hiding Alot breathing heavy is losing colour down one side and appears to have an exposed bone on the side of his rear fin and some of the fin at the bottom seems damaged. I cant see any aggression from the other fish, can someone please help.

Really tough to diagnose without a clear view of the entire fish. Posting a video under white lights on YouTube works best.

If you saw the foxface threatening it while you were standing there, my guess would be that it really went after the tang when you weren’t in the room.

Can you put in a tank divider or move the tang to an isolation tank?

 

[ljwillyl]

Really tough to diagnose without a clear view of the entire fish. Posting a video under white lights on YouTube works best.

If you saw the foxface threatening it while you were standing there, my guess would be that it really went after the tang when you weren’t in the room.

Can you put in a tank divider or move the tang to an isolation tank?

Hi thanks for your response.

I dont have a quarantine tank currently would I be okay to put the regal in my sump for some time? Until I can source a divider?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi thanks for your response.

I dont have a quarantine tank currently would I be okay to put the regal in my sump for some time? Until I can source a divider?

Tough to say - if there is enough swimming space in the sump and not too much crashing water, it should be ok.