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Please help....Kole tang dying? 2/18/09 Hey
Guys, <Todd> I want to let you know that your website is of
great help to myself and millions of other fish keepers. With
that said, I have an issue with my Kole tang that just came up
overnight. I will try to attach a pic to this message. <I see
this> The problem is, first thing this morning when the lights
came on, the Kole tang had a very pale colour to him (he also
hasn't ate this morning), as well as it looked like he had a
bit of a "rust" colouring to him, and his mouth was
staying open. I went for a "coffee run", and when I
returned, I noticed that he has turned almost a black colour over
about 40-50% of his body. I have had this guy for about 4 months
now, and he has been in my 300g tank now for about a month or so,
along with an orange shoulder tang, <Mmm> a blue hippo
tang, a purple tang, a Foxface, 2 maroon clownfish, and 2
ocellaris clownfish. None of the other fish have this issue, just
the Kole tang, and it's only been since this morning. I
checked the water parameters yesterday, and all is fine, I have
about 350-400 lbs of live rock, with a bare bottom. My pump for
my skimmer died about a week ago, so I've got a small skimmer
running right now(picking up a new pump this coming weekend). As
for cleaners, I have 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 2
sally lightfoot crabs, 3 emerald crabs, a ton of blue leg
hermits, and snails. The Kole tang is always stopping by the
"cleaning station" and getting cleaned by the shrimp.
Any help/info you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance Todd Angus <Mmm, well... much of the
color/marking behavior you describe is natural/diurnal... the
appearance of this fish changes night to day... But the retention
of the stress coloration is of concern. I suspect the Orange
Shoulder here is threatening this fish... my next guess is that
it might be the Premnas... or the crabs during the night while
the Ctenochaetus is lying in the rocks, sleeping. In all
likelihood this situation will solve itself in a system of your
size, with the Kole settling in, finding better places to lay.
Bob Fenner>
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| Re: please help.... Kole tang dying? 2/18/09
Hi again, and thanks for the help Bob. That takes a load off of my
mind for sure. Just a quick update, I woke up this morning and the
Kole tang has lost all the black blotchiness that he had yesterday.
<Ah, yes... as I tried to intimate...> His colour is still
very pale, and he is still a little bit twitchy when he
swims(sometimes), but other than that, he seems pretty normal. He
is in hiding quite a bit more now, but at least he is back eating
again. <A good sign> He didn't eat at all yesterday until
about 2 hours before lights out. Anyways, thanks for the help, and
for this website. Keep up the excellent work. Todd Angus <Thank
you Todd. BobF> |
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Kole Tang in trouble 10/16/07 Dear WWM crew, <Chris>
Please take a look at my Kole Tang. Unfortunately, part of his
body (near his tail fin) must have been snapped at by a Stars and
Stripes Puffer tankmate. <Yikes!> Now he has gouges on both
sides from the Puffers sharp beak! After a while he developed
patches on his body that seem to be caused by scraping himself
against rocks... Is there anything I should do to help him heal?
<... the puffer is gone?> He is very active and exhibits no
shyness. Also he voraciously eats the Spirulina enriched Brine
shrimp or Mysis at feeding time ... augmenting his diet by
happily scrubbing microalgae from the live rock with his unique
mouth all day. Thanks for your very informative site. Chris West
110G tank with protein skimmer and UV sterilizer. 110 lbs Live
rock. Kole Tang, Stars & Stripes Puffer, Leaf Wrasse,
Heniochus Butterfly, Snowflake eel, Coral Beauty Angel, Paired
Ocellaris Clowns, Rabbit fish Water temp 78F SG 1.024, Am/Nitrite
0, Nitrate 50 ppm (yes I will get this down farther). <Mmm...
the Puffer needs more room... to go elsewhere. Good nutrition
(try Spectrum foods here as a staple) and time going by should
repair all. Bob Fenner>
Re: Kole Tang in trouble 10/16/07 Hi Bob, <Chris>
Thanks for your reply. <Welcome> We still have the Puffer
in the tank... I should add that the fish have all happily
coexisted for about seven months prior to this. However, I have
observed some clumsiness on the Puffers part when it's
feeding time. It's quite possible an accidental tang-le
occurred during the competitive thrash for food. I have not seen
any deliberate bullying on the Puffers part ... and I am in the
vicinity of this tank about 10 hours a day. I must admit though,
that the Puffer is about 8 times his original size already, and
perhaps his days in this tank are numbered. It would be a pity
though, because he's an awesome specimen of his ilk ... BTW,
my Kole also feeds off the seaweed sheets that are clipped inside
the tank daily. In addition to the frozen Mysis or krill I also
feed ocean nutrition formula two. Do you think that is enough
variety? <Likely so> Thanks again for your advice,
Chris.
<Happy to share. BobF>
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