Yellow Tang Feeding Problem

16-09-2005, 12:27 PM

Hi all,
recently i observed my yellow tang and saw that it had a sunken in stomach. Previously was a very fat yellow tang. Until today, i had seen that when i feed seaweed to it, whatever it eats seems to come out from its' gills.

It has not shown any other signs of discomfort or disease, and is still feeding readily and hungrily as with my other tangs.

Any bros can help me identify wheter the tang is down with any problems?

**KaLiB** · 16-09-2005, 07:32 PM

Is the seaweed very very fine pieces? It could be the food is too fine(which i highly doubt so) or there maybe some problem affecting the gill rakers which prevent food from leaving the fish through the gill plates.

When did this problem occur? How long has the fish been with you?

16-09-2005, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KaLiB

Is the seaweed very very fine pieces? It could be the food is too fine(which i highly doubt so) or there maybe some problem affecting the gill rakers which prevent food from leaving the fish through the gill plates.

When did this problem occur? How long has the fish been with you?

it was these 2 weeks i discovered the stomach sunken in, and today i observed the sea weed coming out from the tang's gills. The yellow tang with me close to a year already.

16-09-2005, 08:14 PM

It not a good sign to see a fish with a sunken stomach , do keep a look out for the fish.

16-09-2005, 08:44 PM

This is strange that food come out from the gills

, try to offer a wider variety of food to it then c what's the outcome. This fish would appear to have cave in stomach even without food for just 1 day.

16-09-2005, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by flame angel

This is strange that food come out from the gills

, try to offer a wider variety of food to it then c what's the outcome. This fish would appear to have cave in stomach even without food for just 1 day.

I always offer them a variety of foods (cyclopeeze, hikari and ocean nutrition pellets daily, seaweed alternate days and mysis shrimps once a week).

But surprisingly these symptons appeared when feed with only seaweed and not other foods.

16-09-2005, 10:16 PM

What type of seaweed are you feeding the YT?

17-09-2005, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by helldust

I always offer them a variety of foods (cyclopeeze, hikari and ocean nutrition pellets daily, seaweed alternate days and mysis shrimps once a week).

But surprisingly these symptons appeared when feed with only seaweed and not other foods.

I got the seaweed from those oriental shop & my yellow tang like to feed on it very much. I guess there r different brands in the market, so choose those that's difficult to tore apart. Your fish can practise its jaw too

17-09-2005, 02:05 PM

Yup, my blue tang also have this similar problem. It'e been with me for more than a year. It died last week. Recently I try to reduce feeding, i feed them two day once, and this problem arises. Is it true that we have to feed tangs daily? Do bros here feed them more than once per day?

17-09-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mansiz

Yup, my blue tang also have this similar problem. It'e been with me for more than a year. It died last week. Recently I try to reduce feeding, i feed them two day once, and this problem arises. Is it true that we have to feed tangs daily? Do bros here feed them more than once per day?

I feed my tangs twice a day.. more during weekends.

16-09-2005, 12:27 PM	#1
helldust Guest Posts: n/a	Yellow Tang Feeding Problem Hi all, recently i observed my yellow tang and saw that it had a sunken in stomach. Previously was a very fat yellow tang. Until today, i had seen that when i feed seaweed to it, whatever it eats seems to come out from its' gills. It has not shown any other signs of discomfort or disease, and is still feeding readily and hungrily as with my other tangs. Any bros can help me identify wheter the tang is down with any problems?

16-09-2005, 07:32 PM	#2
KaLiB Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,635	Is the seaweed very very fine pieces? It could be the food is too fine(which i highly doubt so) or there maybe some problem affecting the gill rakers which prevent food from leaving the fish through the gill plates. When did this problem occur? How long has the fish been with you? __________________ A fishtank is just like your computer. When your tank crash(OS crash), its time to cleanup(reformat hard drive) and setup(install OS) again and add new livestock(re-install software).

16-09-2005, 08:14 PM	#4
monsterz1975 Guest Posts: n/a	It not a good sign to see a fish with a sunken stomach , do keep a look out for the fish.

16-09-2005, 08:44 PM	#5
flame angel Guest Posts: n/a	This is strange that food come out from the gills , try to offer a wider variety of food to it then c what's the outcome. This fish would appear to have cave in stomach even without food for just 1 day.

16-09-2005, 10:16 PM	#7
nim75sg Guest Posts: n/a	What type of seaweed are you feeding the YT?

17-09-2005, 02:05 PM	#9
mansiz Guest Posts: n/a	Yup, my blue tang also have this similar problem. It'e been with me for more than a year. It died last week. Recently I try to reduce feeding, i feed them two day once, and this problem arises. Is it true that we have to feed tangs daily? Do bros here feed them more than once per day?

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