Hippo tang acting strange

[kategoebel]

Hi everyone!

My hippo tang has been acting strange recently. I’ve had her for close to two years, and I purchased her as a young fish. I have a 75 gallon tank, with pretty mellow fish like clowns and gobies. About two weeks ago, I rearranged the tank and added some arches and a wave maker. I also added a clown goby, a wheelers, a few leather corals and a torch.

Ever since, she has been hiding in between rocks, pacing frantically, and swimming back and forth against the glass. She rarely comes out anymore and hasn’t been eating brine shrimp or flakes. I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before or knows maybe what might be going on. I don’t feel that she’s big enough yet that she’s outgrown the tank, but that’s really all I can think of.

I appreciate any help, I would hate to see her go! Thanks in advance!!

 

[fishguy242]

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[vetteguy53081]

Hi everyone!

My hippo tang has been acting strange recently. I’ve had her for close to two years, and I purchased her as a young fish. I have a 75 gallon tank, with pretty mellow fish like clowns and gobies. About two weeks ago, I rearranged the tank and added some arches and a wave maker. I also added a clown goby, a wheelers, a few leather corals and a torch.

Ever since, she has been hiding in between rocks, pacing frantically, and swimming back and forth against the glass. She rarely comes out anymore and hasn’t been eating brine shrimp or flakes. I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before or knows maybe what might be going on. I don’t feel that she’s big enough yet that she’s outgrown the tank, but that’s really all I can think of.

I appreciate any help, I would hate to see her go! Thanks in advance!!

Brine shrimp and flakes are a very inadequate diet. Add nori seaweed, LRS herbivore diet, small plankton, mysis shrimp and Hikari marine cuisine.
Sounds like an irritant such as flukes.
Any pics of the fish under white lighting to assess what it may be ?

 

[kategoebel]

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[kategoebel]

Sorry the pictures aren’t great, she hasn’t lost any color or body weight, and I don’t think she’s breathing super heavily. Just seems really freaked out and neurotic.

 

[JCM]

It's possible it's still freaked out from the rearranging but two weeks should be enough time to settle down. It's also possible one of the new fish brought in a disease. Hard to tell without a really good, close up picture of the fish which is obviously difficult, especially when they are skiddish.

I'd start with improving it's diet. Hippo tangs are omnivores, try seaweed and mysis shrimp.

 

[kategoebel]

It's possible it's still freaked out from the rearranging but two weeks should be enough time to settle down. It's also possible one of the new fish brought in a disease. Hard to tell without a really good, close up picture of the fish which is obviously difficult, especially when they are skiddish.

I'd start with improving it's diet. Hippo tangs are omnivores, try seaweed and mysis shrimp.

Thanks so much, I will definitely try to get a good picture asap.

 

[JCM]

Thanks so much, I will definitely try to get a good picture asap.

You're welcome. How long since you've seen it eat?

 

[kategoebel]

You're welcome. How long since you've seen it eat?

A little over a week :/ The rest of my fish are eating fine though