Yellow tang

[MightyMouse85]

So I have 4 yellow tangs and noticed yesterday that one has stopped eating and lost a lot of weight. He was out swimming with the others with 0 sign of aggression towards each other or with food. I feed 2-3 times a day. He is showing no interest in food even if it swims by him. Not even garlic gets him interested. Any ideas on what I can do to get him to feed?

 

[Humblefish]

Have you noticed any white stringy poop coming out of him? Any scratching, flashing, head twitching, heavy breathing or swimming into the flow of a powerhead?

 

[MightyMouse85]

None of that. No poop due to no eat though. Going to start prazi with my Achilles in QT so thinking about running them both through prazi Paraguay treatments

 

[Humblefish]

None of that. No poop due to no eat though. Going to start prazi with my Achilles in QT so thinking about running them both through prazi Paraguay treatments

Can you catch one of the YTs? A 5 min FW dip would confirm/rule out flukes: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

If they have intestinal worms, you would need to soak the fish food in medication to deal with that: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/internal-parasites-intestinal-worms.267419/

 

[MightyMouse85]

So the yellow tang passed away a week ago and now my rock beauty that is normally a pig is showing no interest in food for the last 3 days. I did two treatments of prazipro.

 

[Humblefish]

So the yellow tang passed away a week ago and now my rock beauty that is normally a pig is showing no interest in food for the last 3 days. I did two treatments of prazipro.

Could be a parasite (ich, velvet) which would require copper or CP treatment.