Leeroy
05/05/2007, 01:16 AM
I have recently noticed that my sohal tang is not happy and is looking stressed.
I first noticed it on Sunday. I had brought him back some purple seaweed from the beach (for a treat). He had been grazing on it for most of the day.
Normally, he just cruises around the tank, grazing here and there, but lately he looks stressed. He is swimming erratically and is darting all over the place. His breathing is a little bit faster than normal, but no signs of flashing.
I thought that he may of been tripping out on it a bit (maybe like too many toxins like in caulerpa?), so I took it out of the tank.
He has been swimming erratically all week and seems to be pretty stressed.
He has no obvious signs of disease on him.
He is about 13cm long, is housed in a 180g (approx 700l system), tank mates are yellow tang, lipstick tang, two ocellaris clowns, and he is the dominant fish in the tank.
I have just noticed last night that he is unable to retract his caudal spines. There are nothing obvious on his spines, no scales or anything and none of the other tankmates are showing any cuts.
There looks like there maybe something white, right at the base of his right spine, but its a bit hard to tell.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Leeroy_102/DSCF1793.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Leeroy_102/DSCF1776.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Leeroy_102/DSCF1765.jpg
Anyone have any ideas as to what to do?
Cheers,
Lee
I first noticed it on Sunday. I had brought him back some purple seaweed from the beach (for a treat). He had been grazing on it for most of the day.
Normally, he just cruises around the tank, grazing here and there, but lately he looks stressed. He is swimming erratically and is darting all over the place. His breathing is a little bit faster than normal, but no signs of flashing.
I thought that he may of been tripping out on it a bit (maybe like too many toxins like in caulerpa?), so I took it out of the tank.
He has been swimming erratically all week and seems to be pretty stressed.
He has no obvious signs of disease on him.
He is about 13cm long, is housed in a 180g (approx 700l system), tank mates are yellow tang, lipstick tang, two ocellaris clowns, and he is the dominant fish in the tank.
I have just noticed last night that he is unable to retract his caudal spines. There are nothing obvious on his spines, no scales or anything and none of the other tankmates are showing any cuts.
There looks like there maybe something white, right at the base of his right spine, but its a bit hard to tell.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Leeroy_102/DSCF1793.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Leeroy_102/DSCF1776.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Leeroy_102/DSCF1765.jpg
Anyone have any ideas as to what to do?
Cheers,
Lee