Just over a month ago i added a Gold Rim Tang and one of my dream fish, a Naso Tang. The Naso is maybe 3' and smaller than the Gold Rim.
Over the past few days i've noticed the Naso no longer going after any food when feeding the tank as he normally would nor has it been as active swimming around the tank as it was. The only food it really seem interested in was nori sheets and even then it only took a few bites. I tried everything i could do to get it eating to no avail.
This morning i noticed him just hanging low in the back of the tank mainly stationary and sometimes tipping sideways and righting itself up. It's dull in color and showing white spots which normally it only does at night while sleeping at night. There are no obvious signs of disease such as ich, etc... All water parameters are within range and no other fish are showing any signs of not eating or acting abnormal.
I came home this evening and the Naso was wrapped around the power head guard. Thinking he was a goner i got the net and started fishing him out and to my surprise he was still alive and swam to the bottom of the tank. I do not have high hopes of him surviving the night but what i found interesting was the Gold Rim's behavior towards the Naso. It will randomly swim up to it and flutter its tail against it. Im not sure if this is a sign of aggression or motivation to get moving or what it is, never seen it before. I've watched it happen at least a dozen times and sometimes the Naso will perk up, sometime nothing.
I guess i have two questions: Any ideas as to what may have caused the Naso to decline and wha the behavior is from the Gold Rim?
Thanks!
Over the past few days i've noticed the Naso no longer going after any food when feeding the tank as he normally would nor has it been as active swimming around the tank as it was. The only food it really seem interested in was nori sheets and even then it only took a few bites. I tried everything i could do to get it eating to no avail.
This morning i noticed him just hanging low in the back of the tank mainly stationary and sometimes tipping sideways and righting itself up. It's dull in color and showing white spots which normally it only does at night while sleeping at night. There are no obvious signs of disease such as ich, etc... All water parameters are within range and no other fish are showing any signs of not eating or acting abnormal.
I came home this evening and the Naso was wrapped around the power head guard. Thinking he was a goner i got the net and started fishing him out and to my surprise he was still alive and swam to the bottom of the tank. I do not have high hopes of him surviving the night but what i found interesting was the Gold Rim's behavior towards the Naso. It will randomly swim up to it and flutter its tail against it. Im not sure if this is a sign of aggression or motivation to get moving or what it is, never seen it before. I've watched it happen at least a dozen times and sometimes the Naso will perk up, sometime nothing.
I guess i have two questions: Any ideas as to what may have caused the Naso to decline and wha the behavior is from the Gold Rim?
Thanks!
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