Sailfish tang

Pneeme · Dec 5, 2020

It it normal for your sailfish tang to lose color when I acquired my tank he was already in there but he has since lost his yellow color he is now white and black he used to be a light yellow and black I don't know if this is normal or if he is sick

esther · Dec 5, 2020

Pneeme said:
It it normal for your sailfish tang to lose color when I acquired my tank he was already in there but he has since lost his yellow color he is now white and black he used to be a light yellow and black I don't know if this is normal or if he is sick

Does it come and go? If so, he may be flashing due to stress.

Pneeme · Dec 5, 2020

esther said:
Does it come and go? If so, he may be flashing due to stress.

I have not seen the color come back and he has been hiding all yesterday and today could my jewel puffer or my coral beauty be bullying him at night when the lights go off

esther · Dec 5, 2020

Pneeme said:
I have not seen the color come back and he has been hiding all yesterday and today could my jewel puffer or my coral beauty be bullying him at night when the lights go off

Not sure. Do you have any photos of the fish? What are your water parameters? What was the fish eating before you got him? Are you feeding the same?

Pneeme · Dec 5, 2020

I will take photos of him when I get home tomorrow and I feed mysis shrimp they were on flake food before

Pneeme · Dec 5, 2020

And my water has tested fine I do not have a test kit yet but I did bring in a sample to petco since they will test your water

vetteguy53081 · Dec 5, 2020

A lot of color pigments are associated with diet.
Not sure what you’re feeding but do feed at minimum:
Nori seaweed basted with garlic extract
LRS herbivore diet
Mysis shrimp
Small plankton
Formula 2 flake and frozen
Spirulina brine shrimp

Add garlic extract and selcon vitamins to the foods 2-3x per week