Obese purple tang!!!

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

so my tank is still young just over 3months old, don't mind the green rock and cyano still in the uglies. Now the green all over my rock is Ulva so my tang, foxface and algae blenny are all very and I mean very FAT. I also feed mysid shrimp twice a day of those two feedings one is soaked in Selcon. I will post a video of my fish right after a feeding, I have never seen such a fat tang will he be ok? Can he explode? LOL....

fragit · Apr 4, 2019

Well now you have to back it up with a picture at the least.

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

fragit said:
Well now you have to back it up with a picture at the least.

I am trying to upload a vid

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

He/She ate 6-7 big mysid before I filmed that's why he/she spat that one out too full haha

Mastiffsrule · Apr 4, 2019

Can’t see the vid

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

So my only concern is that can fish be overfed? Also, my Blonde Naso had a pinched belly which is getting much better in my care it's almost gone.

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

Mastiffsrule said:
Can’t see the vid

well, I uploaded it through youtube and its set to private can that be why?

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

think that should work now

AcroNem · Apr 4, 2019

Fish can get large, and seem to be "obese", but in my opinion most Tangs and a lot of other fish are under fed. So props for feeding your fish!

Hemmdog · Apr 4, 2019

It does look big! Haha, but I believe that’s healthy, yellow tangs and other species we have in our tanks that I’ve seen in the wild look quite a bit fatter/wider. They have lots to choose from to eat! Haha

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

Is the video working for you guys?

Mastiffsrule · Apr 4, 2019

Looks good to me. Can tell he just ate. I have one similar that is fairly large around the waist

Hemmdog · Apr 4, 2019

5280Reefer said:
Is the video working for you guys?

Yea

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

the purple,foxface and algae blenny all look like they prego haha, the foxface is super thick i will try to snap a photo of him also

5280Reefer · Apr 4, 2019

Alright well thanks for the replies guys, As long as they cannot explode from overeating I am calm at heat! I will try to get pics of the Foxface and blenny once they let me haha.

Jvesche20 · Apr 4, 2019

I think the fatter the fish the better. My fish are super fat. Much better than having them skinny and not having any food and then dying slowly. When I went to my lfs and got a yellow tang while back he said you got the fattest tang I got.

RobW · Apr 4, 2019

Jvesche20 said:
I think the fatter the fish the better. My fish are super fat. Much better than having them skinny and not having any food and then dying slowly. When I went to my lfs and got a yellow tang while back he said you got the fattest tang I got.

Maybe he meant phat like that! Lol

BigT75 · Apr 4, 2019

Wow talk about a corn fed healthy tang lol

tkiry1 · Apr 5, 2019

I have a purple tang and he is thick like that.. I have a Sohal small that is thin and he eats but can't gain weight... And achillies that is eating and fat...I think u just have a healthy fish!!!!!