regal tang....

Hi All,

My regal tang has recently taken to rubbing his chest against everything he
can - as if there was some kind of irritation there but I cant see anything.

Any ideas what this could be?

~m

Every time i've seen a fish do this, it has been a precusor to marine
ich. Is he eating well? Are his eyes clear? keep a close eye on him
for the next couple days, checking for fine white powdery looking spots
on his body.

or then again, maybe he's just lonely and is getting it on with
rockwork in the tank?

Good luck.
malto

Mike Lawford wrote:
Hi All,

My regal tang has recently taken to rubbing his chest against everything he
can - as if there was some kind of irritation there but I cant see anything.

Any ideas what this could be?

~m

Yes and no....

He is a regal tang and they are prone to a bit of ich occasionally. His
eyes are clear - skin clean today and every day he eats like a machine (the
fish is a vacuum cleaner!!!).

I think it just comes and goes if he gets a bit stressed....

Anyone else experience this??

Mike


"Malto" wrote in message
ps.com...
Every time i've seen a fish do this, it has been a precusor to marine
ich. Is he eating well? Are his eyes clear? keep a close eye on him
for the next couple days, checking for fine white powdery looking spots
on his body.

or then again, maybe he's just lonely and is getting it on with
rockwork in the tank?

Good luck.
malto

Mike Lawford wrote:
Hi All,

My regal tang has recently taken to rubbing his chest against everything
he
can - as if there was some kind of irritation there but I cant see
anything.

Any ideas what this could be?

~m

"Mike Lawford" wrote in message ...
Yes and no....

He is a regal tang and they are prone to a bit of ich occasionally. His
eyes are clear - skin clean today and every day he eats like a machine (the
fish is a vacuum cleaner!!!).

I think it just comes and goes if he gets a bit stressed....

Anyone else experience this??

My regal tang (hepatus tang) had ich last time maybe 2 years ago.
In between it was stressed many times. Last December I had a tank
crashed due to some microorganisms (dinoflagellates) and had to
redo it completely. Used this occasion to buy bigger glass...
This tang was 4 months in a plastic 20g rubbermaid container
during the time I had to wait for ordering and seting up new tank.
No ich...

I would say your fish is unhappy - maybe malnutrition ?
How often do you feed it seaweed ? It should be main
item in his diet. It provides vast number of minerals
vitamins and has better nutritional value than plankton alone.

Also, I would check water parameters.
How high are nitrates and phosphates currently in your tank ?

Nitrates are very low but phosphates could be lower. I will do a water
change this weekend and get a phosphate remover in there.

I will also get some tweezers and see how much of the stuff I can pull off?

Thanks again...

~m


"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Mike Lawford" wrote in message
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Yes and no....

He is a regal tang and they are prone to a bit of ich occasionally. His
eyes are clear - skin clean today and every day he eats like a machine
(the fish is a vacuum cleaner!!!).

I think it just comes and goes if he gets a bit stressed....

Anyone else experience this??

My regal tang (hepatus tang) had ich last time maybe 2 years ago.
In between it was stressed many times. Last December I had a tank
crashed due to some microorganisms (dinoflagellates) and had to
redo it completely. Used this occasion to buy bigger glass...
This tang was 4 months in a plastic 20g rubbermaid container
during the time I had to wait for ordering and seting up new tank.
No ich...

I would say your fish is unhappy - maybe malnutrition ?
How often do you feed it seaweed ? It should be main
item in his diet. It provides vast number of minerals
vitamins and has better nutritional value than plankton alone.

Also, I would check water parameters.
How high are nitrates and phosphates currently in your tank ?