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Old 09-30-2007, 06:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Help! Hippo tang not eating!!

Hello everyone, I have a dilemma. I just recently got a hippo tang yesterday and it is not eating. I have tried to give it my regular reef food, (very meaty full of fish, brine shrimp and basically all meaty types of food, a customer at my LFS makes it and it is a great food) dired marine algae, lettuce, and I have a TON of hair algae for it to feed on. Water is *perfect* no ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, or phosphates. pH around 8.2, spg 1.123. I just got him yesterday and I can understand that he may be nervous but he got really skinny since I got him, and his anal, and belly area have turned a pale blue. Also, his breathing seems a little quick but nothing terribly unusual. All he does is swim on the right side of the tank, little ups and downs along the wall. I thought I would try to hatch some brine shrimp tomorrow to feed him with. I have some corals in the tank (all soft) and I also have a maroon clown, a yellow tailed damsel, and a royal gramma, 2 shrimp, and some hermits. My tank is 36 gallons, I thought it may be small but my LFS said it is fine, as long as he had enough algae to eat, and he does, it is everywhere! Also, I have some feathery caulerpa in my tank, I had that in there before he was added in but IDK if tangs eat that stuff. I really don't care what he eats from my tank right now, just as long as he eats!!!! Please give me any advice you can!
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Marc
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