Yellow Tang sick

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  1. Russter

    Russter Flamingo Tongue

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    My yellow tang is not doing well. He is normally a great eater and very active. He is only about 2.5-3 inches long. I have had him for a couple of months. He looks like he is gasping for air with his mouth open and having trouble swimming. Now he is lying on the sand breathing heavily. My tank is a 55 gal with only a few zoos and mushrooms and live rock. The only thing I have done is add a new t5 setup (going from reg coralife tubes) and an auto top off yesterday. My clown looks like he is fine and ate like normal but the tang did not touch a thing. :cry:
    Ph: 8.3
    SG: 1.023
    Temp: 81 on the digital, 78 on the floating
    Calcium: 440
    dKH: 8
    Phosphate: 0
    Nitrate: 3
    Amonia: no test kit
    Salinity: 32.3
     
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  3. Russter

    Russter Flamingo Tongue

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    Well, one hour later and he's dead. My daughter's going to be sad when she wakes up tomorrow and "Yellow Nemo" isn't there.
     
  4. rodcpierce

    rodcpierce Ritteri Anemone

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    man, sorry to hear. im going through a spell myself of dead fish., first was my powder brown tang, then one of my paired clowns, then a 3 stripe damsel, then my other clown, and now my goby looks like he is about to kick the bucket. I know the feeling.
     
  5. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    It might have been gill flukes.