He’s a baby from biota. When I first got him, he was almost white, but I’ve had him for about a month now and is increasingly yellow daily. I do always have a piece of Nori clipped in the tank. Also, I will shred some and put it in with my daily food concoction. I feed spir mysis daily with a few drops of vitachem. I’ve also got a lot of hair algae in my tank that he seems to love along with some cheato I always make available.
He would choose the shrimp over the seaweed any day of the week though. Normally, I don’t feed as often as I have been, but with the sick clown, I thought it necessary. The clown is recovered by the way.
Will do! I only feed frozen or fresh. Should I change it up for pellets?
in my opinion, a quality flake food is a great staple. Everyone is different, but my fish thrive on Ocean Nutrition formula 1 and 2 flakes, I usually feed frozen mysis or brine soaked in selcon supplement once or twice a week. I like my fish to be accustomed to dry food so it's easy to use an auto-feeder when I travel. My tang, angel and starry blenny tend to prefer the formula 2 flake which supposedly contains more algae, and my omnivores (clowns, damsels, wrasse) prefer the formula 1 flakes which are "meatier". They all eat both. Product links below for your consideration.
This is likely a biota tang and trend seen the last few months. Often it subsides on its own but it a condition and not disease. The mysis shrimp may be causing excess mucus in the stomach line creating partial blockage. Offer foods such as LRS fish frenzy, plankton, brine which will help with any blockage and TDO pelletsI noticed this morning that my yellow tang looks a bit bloated. I have increased my feeding (mysis shrimp) to the tank to help treat an ailing clown fish. My yellow is a crack-fiend for the stuff so he always helped himself to whatever went in the tank. I didn’t see him poop yesterday but I do vaguely remember a dinosaur sized tang turd the day before. Should I just cut feeding and see if it helps, or is there something I should do?
Thank you so much! I’ll pick some brine up today actually. Should I cut back on feeding until this subsides?
It is a biota tang btw! Do you know if the condition is progressive as they get older or does it tend to subside?
Subsides and its color gets brighter
No, just change foods but reduce portion sizes a few days
Beautiful tang! I’m hoping my guy stays healthy.Here’s some potential peace of mind for you in spite of some negative reviews of biota tangs - I’ve had tango for nearly a year and bought him at the smallest size because they had no “mediums” available:
Small frequent feeding is what I usually do. I generally feed 3 to 4 times a day in small increments and have been since my clown became ill. I’m hoping this will clear on its own, but he’s not eating at this point so we shall see.
I was going to ask if he was little - it seems like normal color. I would watch for any signs of distress - did you happen to quarantine it or the other fish?
