Sick Blonde Naso Tang

jessiesa · 07-20-2011, 12:12 AM

Hey there. I woke up this morning to my juvenile Blonde Naso laying against the rock in the back of the tank. He was so active last night before I went to bed, and this morning he looked (still looks) so out of it. The only thing I can think of is maybe for some reason he got overstressed when I switched the powerhead from blowing across the back of the live rock, to blowing across the front. I have checked my water parameters using a liquid kit. Nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia are all zero. The pH was at 8.2 at the end of the night.

I got him a couple of weeks ago, a terrible impulse buy, and he has been behaving normally and eating until today. I realized after I got him that he was going to grow waaaaaay too big for my 30gal, so I was planning on trading him back tomorrow on my day off. Unforunately I can't trade him back in this condition! I have no idea what could be wrong. He is now sitting on the bottom of the tank leaning against the glass breathing hard. There are no signs of ich. His color is dark, but I don't see the white spots that the tangs normally get when stressed out. Please help me nurse him back to health!

His only tank mates are snails, a couple small red leg hermits, a peppermint shrimp, and a false clown. The clown seems as active as ever and all my inverts are healthy. The tank has been up and running for about a month now.

30 gal tank
35lbs live rock
4" sandbed
850gph powerhead
Cascade 3000 HOB filled with sand and macro
There are cabbage corals on one side of the tank (1", 4", 5" diameters), a colony of about 20 brown button polyps, some small purple mushrooms, yellow sponges, 6 green polyps (and a few aiptasias that won't die), and some other coral that is still too small to identify.

All the corals look happy, so it's a mystery what's wrong with my tang. Oh yeah, water temp is 78 degrees and I've been feeding a mix of flakes, pellets, garlic nori sheets, and brine shrimp.

jessiesa · 07-20-2011, 11:54 AM

Unfortunately, I woke up this morning to the scavengers working on my dead fish. I'd still like to know what may have happened to him before I add any more livestock, so I'd really appreciate some input!

07-20-2011, 12:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
jessiesa jessiesa's Photo Gallery Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 41 Name: Jessie Location: Bowling Green, KY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 2 Times Was Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Sick Blonde Naso Tang Hey there. I woke up this morning to my juvenile Blonde Naso laying against the rock in the back of the tank. He was so active last night before I went to bed, and this morning he looked (still looks) so out of it. The only thing I can think of is maybe for some reason he got overstressed when I switched the powerhead from blowing across the back of the live rock, to blowing across the front. I have checked my water parameters using a liquid kit. Nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia are all zero. The pH was at 8.2 at the end of the night. I got him a couple of weeks ago, a terrible impulse buy, and he has been behaving normally and eating until today. I realized after I got him that he was going to grow waaaaaay too big for my 30gal, so I was planning on trading him back tomorrow on my day off. Unforunately I can't trade him back in this condition! I have no idea what could be wrong. He is now sitting on the bottom of the tank leaning against the glass breathing hard. There are no signs of ich. His color is dark, but I don't see the white spots that the tangs normally get when stressed out. Please help me nurse him back to health! His only tank mates are snails, a couple small red leg hermits, a peppermint shrimp, and a false clown. The clown seems as active as ever and all my inverts are healthy. The tank has been up and running for about a month now. 30 gal tank 35lbs live rock 4" sandbed 850gph powerhead Cascade 3000 HOB filled with sand and macro There are cabbage corals on one side of the tank (1", 4", 5" diameters), a colony of about 20 brown button polyps, some small purple mushrooms, yellow sponges, 6 green polyps (and a few aiptasias that won't die), and some other coral that is still too small to identify. All the corals look happy, so it's a mystery what's wrong with my tang. Oh yeah, water temp is 78 degrees and I've been feeding a mix of flakes, pellets, garlic nori sheets, and brine shrimp. __________________ 30 gallon reef with softies. 10 gallon quarantine. 5 gallon Hex for my betta and ghost shrimp.

07-20-2011, 11:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
jessiesa jessiesa's Photo Gallery Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 41 Name: Jessie Location: Bowling Green, KY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 2 Times Was Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Sick Blonde Naso Tang Unfortunately, I woke up this morning to the scavengers working on my dead fish. I'd still like to know what may have happened to him before I add any more livestock, so I'd really appreciate some input! __________________ 30 gallon reef with softies. 10 gallon quarantine. 5 gallon Hex for my betta and ghost shrimp.

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