Help Yellow tang not eating
 

hello all,

I have a yellow tang that isn't eating, and is looking extremely skinny. No matter what I do, he just doesn't eat, I think my other fish are just to quick and are eating the food before he even knows it's there. I started a little nano tank, I just have the filter and the heater going right now, would it be a good idea just to move him into that tank and see if he eats in there? There is no powerhead on that nano yet. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Forgot to mention that the salt levels at with in the 1.022 and 1.023 in both tanks and the temps are 25.5 and 26.6 in the other. I used the same water from my large tank to fill the nano tank.

Yeah, my yellow tang is pretty slow and tend to miss out on the feeding with the faster fish. She was looking pretty skinny until I threw in some nori. A few hours later and she was nice and fat. I would recommend picking up some nori and putting it around a rock with an elastic band.

I've tried the nori, I have a clip for the side glass. I've also tried putting some tied down near the hole he likes to hide in. Nothing is working, but thanks for the idea.

have you tried soaking the food in some garlic extract thats how i tricked my hippo into eating brine shrimp

I've tried garlic on mysis and brine, flake food with garlic, nori, and pellets.

Hey, How long have you had your Tang for.

About a month now.

Did you pick it up in town.

I did. Thought I'd give it a shot.

If they were the tangs I saw, they were not very healthy.

They looked pretty sick when I saw them.

When I got him, he looked in good shape, he had a belly on him and he ate the food that was given. I always ask to see if they are eating. Guess I learnt my lesson, I've heard many opinions about the place in town. Gave it a shot. But now to see if I can learn from the choice I made. I think I'll move him in my nano and see how he does on his own.