sailfin laying at the bottom
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Topic: sailfin laying at the bottom
Posted By: tropi_gal
Subject: sailfin laying at the bottom
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 8:10pm
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I just got home and my sailfin tang is laying at the bottom of my display tank. He looked happy and healthy this morning. He is not breathing heavy just not swimming.
Could my foxface have stung him accidentally?
Everything else looks healthy and the same as this morning.
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Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 8:16pm
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What are your water parameters? Foxface won't sting accidentally, was the sailfin aggressive towards the foxface? If not then the foxface would have no reason to extend his spines. How long have you had the tang? What has it been eating? Is it showing any signs of Ich or other parasites? ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: tropi_gal
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 8:25pm
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Was not showing signs of ich or other parasites. I thought he looked healthy and fat this morning.
I will run tests shortly. And post them.
I feed nori, shrimp, pellets, zooplankton... alternating days. He loves all of it.
I have had the sailfin for probably 9 months. The foxface I just got a couple of weeks ago. They seems to be friends, always swimming together. I was hoping it would be an accidental thing.
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Posted By: Reefboy4life
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 8:35pm
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Tangs have been known to have this kind of behavior my scopas tang does is. ------------- 90 gallon mixed reef |
Posted By: tropi_gal
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 8:36pm
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Posted By: tropi_gal
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 8:38pm
| just noticed one of his fins looks like it got chewed off! hmmm |
Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 11:26pm
| That is signs of aggression, it could be the foxface, just keep a close eye on the foxface, how big is the foxface compare to the Tang? |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 8:27am
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If it was the Foxface, it wasn't an accident. I assume the reason you suspect this is because they have been going after each other ever since the Foxface was added. This is one of the hazards of keeping fish and the reason I wrote about fish training in the Reefkeeping Tips below.
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Posted By: Luckedout
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 4:58pm
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Did he make it?
------------- -Ben 90g Mixed reef www.body-balancechiropractic.com |