My yellow tang is nuts.

Jeremiah Otterbein · Jun 28, 2016

Nuts! He's been in about a month now, and has for the most part been a model citizen. Not tonight. Tonight he's dotting around, in and out of hiding, snatches a bit off the algae clip, hides, dots back across, hides. Little dude is healthy, eating and no spots. I believe he's just nuts.

4FordFamily · Jun 28, 2016

Sporadic neurotic behavior is not usually a good sign. Especially if this is quick onset. I hope I am wrong, though.

Jeremiah Otterbein · Jun 28, 2016

I really hope I'm reading more into it than there is. Maybe I'm
just paranoid.

Mgoc · Jun 28, 2016

I think I read about fish doing this when there was stray electrical current in the water. Might be wrong but I'm just trying to help.

Robink · Jun 28, 2016

Mine does the same. I think he's just neurotic. Been doing it for quite awhile now. He's a spaz.

eatbreakfast · Jun 29, 2016

Can you get a video of the spastic activity? Does it only occur in the evening? Are there any other fish?

jsker · Jun 29, 2016

Looking out the window by the tank, were there any storms of late? That could make the fish nerves with the flash of lighting, or the rumbles of thunder. Just a thought

Jeremiah Otterbein · Jun 29, 2016

Thanks for the replies yall. He seems to be fine this morning (I have a web cam) now that I'm thinking about it, his weird behavior was after I had had my hand in the tank moving coral frags and feeding, so hopefully that's all that it was.

Robink · Jun 29, 2016

My yellow tang did not do this when there were other tangs in the tank. I don't know if he's just stressed because he's the only tang now. There are a few chromis, a dottyback and a midas blenny. Used to have a hippo and vlamingi, but they got to big. Maybe he's just lonely...