I need very fast help!

[Bradsreeeftank]

I bought yellow tang and when put it in tank and my damsel was hitting and stuff so I took the damsel out and the tang got very skinny and is now in the corner of tank standing upright on rock!Q Help!

 

[TruRacr314x]

Give us a little more info...

How long ago did you get the Yellow Tang? How soon after did you remove the damsel? By hitting...do you mean they were fighting? Has the Yellow Tang been eating...and if so, what?

 

[Krimzon]

I think the best thing to do is turn off the lights and let him be for now, I think he should be fine if you let him calm down. You said you got the damnsel out right after you put the tang in?

 

[mike007]

Probably stressed out the tang. Good that you removed the damsel maybe he can settle down now.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Doens't sound good to me. Especially if a Damsel was picking on the Tang, Yellow Tangs are cantankarous, and he should take the Damsel down. If you just got him, was your Tang eating when you got him into your tank? Was he eating while he was at the LFS?
You could try enticing him with garlic soaked food. Are you leaving a algae sheet in the tank for him to at least check out?

 

[Bradsreeeftank]

Tangs been in the tank for about 5 hours and after about 30 minutes of the damsel backing up into it and running really fast into him, I took out the damsel. The damsel got so mad he turned from a silver with blue stripe to pitch black! When he cam out from behind the rock, I thought how did a black damsel get into my tank! The tang dosnt seem horrible with light on, but when the light went off he went a laid upright on a rock );

 

[Reefing Madness]

How did you acclimate the fish? Can't quite figure out what laying upright on a rosk means though. ?? Can you get a shot of him?

 

[KoleTang]

A tang cannot become skinny in a few hours. Is the damsel in the tank or out of the tank?