Is it normal for a tang to suddenly stop eating?

[Biff0rz]

At this point, I agree with the metro/prazi route. The fish in the DT all still look fine?

Jay

Yep, all of them. Been watching carefully for any signs on any other fish.

 

[Biff0rz]

Ammonia tested 0 in qt (salifert). I dosed general cure since that's both prazi + metro combined. Praying now.

 

[Biff0rz]

So I checked on her this morning and she seems to be doing a lot better! Now it was still lights out time but her respiration was normal which is great. I just hope she eats today.

 

[Biff0rz]

Everything is progressing positively! The first day after GC she ate like 3 pellets and a bite of mysis. Today she ate tons of pellets, mysis, and has started to graze on the nori again. Her respiration is back to normal too! I still can't figure out what caused this. None of the other fish in the DT are affected.

 

[Biff0rz]

So the gem tang is displaying the same behavior, I'm also noticing a bit of aggression in the tank, the gem is cowering under rocks. At this point I'm thinking it's aggression related only, not medical. I was going to try and catch the other two and place them in the sump. Anything else I can do? The gem has stopped eating again and is breathing very fast again. Ugh.

 

[BiggestE222]

My tank not as interested in grazing algae as he was when I got him. Prefers eating tastier frozen foods like nori mysis and brine shrimp.