what the heck is my blue tang doing?

[Benhuan]

Is this fish in QT ?
Personally I keep some cured mature liverock in my QT for new fish to hide in and pick at, especially tangs.
Some people treat all their fish w/ copper and other chems regardless, but I feel like why add more stress if you don't have to. I watch mine for 75 days and only treat if I see symptoms, so could remove the live rock and let it dry and reuse if ich or something else develops and I need to treat. My yellow tang hid for the whole QT period and I never saw him eat once. Once in DT he was much more comfortable coming out and eating since other fish were also doing the same. That little bit of algae growing on the live rock though may have been what sustained him while in QT.

yeah he is in qt. I have already started dosing copper and prazi although the copper is not therapeutic yet as i like to up it very slowly with tangs. I think he will be fine because today i looked at the qt and the blue tang was eating nori off a clip but then saw me and **** himself

 

[jreefier]

yeah he is in qt. I have already started dosing copper and prazi although the copper is not therapeutic yet as i like to up it very slowly with tangs. I think he will be fine because today i looked at the qt and the blue tang was eating nori off a clip but then saw me and **** himself

Ok. No worries then. Got a powder brown myself in QT. Got lucky, he would eat nori from my hand within days.

 

[davescj]

Him is referring to a new hippo tang and he went right into your display? I hope I've read this wrong. Setting up a QT literally costs a fraction of what you will spend if your tank is wiped out from disease.

I pay a bit extra for a QT at a friend's LFS. So yes, he was in QT by himself, et al. Yesterday, he seemed freaked. Today - once the lights came on, it took him about 2 hrs to just start swimming around. Didn't seem to be interested in sea weed, but did eat mystis, seems interested in his home. Perhaps b/c today was cloudy and the room was dark, he was 'sleepy' as it were?