Unresolved Yellow tang eats less

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  1. Jaycee

    Jaycee Plankton

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    hey guys i have a yellow tang for more than a month. And i just started to see that it eats very little, and is looking very skinny. I have other 2 clown fish which eats the food too fast, and there's barely any left for the tang. and most of the time the yellow tang misses the food. I am just scared the yellow tang should be little more healthy rather than skinny. i don't know if this is normal?
     
    Jaycee, May 10, 2012
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  2. Moby Duck

    Moby Duck Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Does he try to eat and he's just beaten to it or does he not even try?

    Do you have algae for it to eat?

    You could always tie a piece of dried seaweed to a rock and drop it in the water and let him go after that.
     
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  3. ivanbosk

    ivanbosk Feather Duster

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    Yeah, I'd second the thought of varying the food available.
     
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