What's wrong with my Powder Brown Tang?

[Reef8008]

Anyone have any idea what is wrong with this tang? She has always just steadily swam around the tank - kind of annoyingly to be honest LOL - but as of this morning she was slowly swimming, kind of bumping into the rocks and glass and hasn't eaten out of two feedings today. Actually looked like she was intentionally bumping her chest onto the rocks. But as of now (5pm) she is just sitting in the corner here kind of freaking out. She is the newest in the tank as of about a week ago. Was eating fine, getting along, etc. Parameters: Calc 560 (it's been steadily high so I'm not adding any until it drops); Alk 9.3, Mag 1,280; Phos 0.62 (did 10% water change about an hour ago and added Phosguard to media to help get down); Salinity 35ppt; Temp 80.1; Nitrate 10. I don't notice anything on her on either side - looks pretty clean. Food is a mix of mysis shrimp and TDO pellets. I also clip some seaweed into the tank occasionally but she has never gone for it. Always scared of the clip or something. lol. She has always had an anxious personality. Sorry for long post. Just wanted to provide the data you all might end up asking for.

 

[Jekyl]

May want to move over to the disease forum just to be safe. There is a sticky at the top for what should be posted for best results

 

[Reef8008]

May want to move over to the disease forum just to be safe. There is a sticky at the top for what should be posted for best results

Thanks. A little new here. I don't easily see a way to move, or even delete this. Any tips?

 

[Jekyl]

Thanks. A little new here. I don't easily see a way to move, or even delete this. Any tips?

I would just start over. Jay Hemdal has a sticky at the top of the disease forum on what information to include. I'd read through that and go from there.

 

[Jekyl]

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[ZoWhat]

BEING BULLIED. im 100% confident from my 18yrs of raising Tangs

On your vid it clearly shows discoloration on it side.

Trademark injuries of it being RAMRODDED by a Bully fish into it's side.

If the bullying is not fixed, your PB will eventually die


.

 

[Jekyl]

Not the same video I saw originally.

 

[ZoWhat]

BEING BULLIED. im 100% confident from my 18yrs of raising Tangs

On your vid it clearly shows discoloration on it side.

Trademark injuries of it being RAMRODDED by a Bully fish into it's side.

If the bullying is not fixed, your PB will eventually die


.

Also seeing FLAIRED FINS... another sign of it being on the Defense.

It's being bullied. I guarantee it

 

[Spare time]

Almost looks like some neurological issue to me based on the eye movement . Does it do that movement a lot?

 

[Reef8008]

Also seeing FLAIRED FINS... another sign of it being on the Defense.

It's being bullied. I guarantee it

It's just odd. He/she by far is the largest fish in the tank. And I've never seen it get picked on, or even stay still long enough to be bullied. But yeah, maybe at night the sailfin is picking on it.