Sailfin Tang now paper thin

[Nautical]

have a 4 inch sailfin tang for about two weeks.

nibbling the rocks and very active.

now not moving much. from time i bought till now, noticed that it is not eating the frozen brine shrimps or mysis shrimps.

tried to put lettuce, butterhead lettuce and even celery leaves. will not eat.

now very thin and afraid it may go up the lorry soon. hate to lose it due to starvation.

please help with your kind advise. thanks.

[Travy]

Maybe its being bullied?

Any new addition or changes to yur tank recently?

Assuming the water parameters are ok...

Or maybe juz PMS.

[penyu]

Im experiencing the same problem with my scopas tang. It simply refuses to eat. I placed in seaweed and its only after a few days that it started to eat a bit. Now, its really thin. Also tried placing lettuce, pellets, frozen mysis and brine shrimps but its still stubborn.

[tineng]

try red bamboo sea weed seems to work on most tang.....

[nicholasloh]

try red bamboo sea weed seems to work on most tang.....

yup! kelp works really well. i always put my tang in a tank full of kelp for few days till they start feeding on other food, else they will starve.

[that was niceeeee]

try seaweed chop into small piece n soak with gaarlic..mine start to eat from my ahnds liao..

[Nautical]

i guess it's all part of this hobby, to be able to take disappointment.

my sailfin tang has gone to its creator this morning.

thanks for the advice folks. hope others can learn from this experience too.

[penyu]

Im sorry to hear that. Hope mine will start eating soon..