Yellow tang stopped eating

Wolf89 · Mar 3, 2020

My yellow tang is not too well. I got him around 2 or 3 weeks ago. Forst night, my sailfin went nuts and chased him down aggressively for a couple hours, but by morning, everything was completely fine, no agression. By that night, the yellow tang was eating a good bit. Starting a few days ago, he has stopped coming out and hides in the corner and wont eat. He runs away from food and wont even look at nori. I think he is scared of the sailfin who eats nonstop, but the sailfin pays him no attention. The yellow is still pretty fat but I worry he will starve to death. Please help

Wolf89 · Mar 3, 2020

Maybe hes hiding from the sailfin?? I will be adding 2 more tangs Friday. Will that help?

JumboShrimp · Mar 3, 2020

I do in fact hope he’s not sick; sick fish tend to hide and loose appetite, obviously. Keep us posted.

moz71 · Mar 3, 2020

How big is tank? Did you QT him? More tangs may make it worse

codycolina707 · Mar 3, 2020

Wolf89 said:
Maybe hes hiding from the sailfin?? I will be adding 2 more tangs Friday. Will that help?

Have you tried soaking some food in garlic guard?

Wolf89 · Mar 3, 2020

codycolina707 said:
Have you tried soaking some food in garlic guard?

Just ordered it

Wolf89 · Mar 3, 2020

moz71 said:
How big is tank? Did you QT him? More tangs may make it worse

Its 90 gallons. No qt. Has had visible ich; dont think it's my problem though. More tangs should dilute the aggression?

moz71 · Mar 3, 2020

Wolf89 said:
Its 90 gallons. No qt. Has had visible ich; dont think it's my problem though. More tangs should dilute the aggression?

Multiple tangs in a 90 would be a problem it is just too small for that many. Many people would say even to small for one but I think one is ok. I do think if had signs of ich and is being bullied. You will definitely have ich become a major problem as the stress is going to weaken him and the ich will take over. I would remove him just my 2 cents. Wish you luck