Help - Med-large Naso Tank stopped eating

[Johnic]

I got him about 2 weeks ago and I was feeding him Mysis shrimp and he was eating great. Yesterday I added for the first time liquid Calc dosing and today he's not eating.
Is it the calc dosing ? Could he be sick? Is the Mysis shrimp every day too much?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Well Tangs are primarily herbivores so you might want to try feeding some formula 2 or seaweed.

 

[Chris5]

Try hanging some sea-weed, or nori sheets in the tank, if that doesn't work go back to the basics and try some Pellets or flakes - (Had my Naso for 2yrs) all he did was eat the green flakes I forgot what they are called but i think you can only find them on amazon now because they stopped making them...

 

[Johnic]

He was eating the mysis like it was going out of style. Then he just stoped eating today and he hiding. Could it be calc additive.
I will try seaweed also. He a great looking fish too. I'm sick about it. He was eating real well yesterday. I just tryed spirilina and no luck.

 

[Chris5]

If it is a blonde naso, and it is stressed it usually turns a dark gray and goes into hiding, duno if its the cal additive, has anything else changed that would spook the tang? Possibility of some stray electricity in the tank? Salinity changes? PH swings?

Try adding some garlic extreme to the food maybe that would spark its interest ...
I went through that with the raccoon butterfly and once he stopped eating its almost imp to get it started again ...

Good luck

 

[Johnic]

If it is a blonde naso, and it is stressed it usually turns a dark gray and goes into hiding, duno if its the cal additive, has anything else changed that would spook the tang? Possibility of some stray electricity in the tank? Salinity changes? PH swings?

Well with adding the calc it drove the ph up from 8.28 to 8.36...could this be the problem....will he recover ?
and yes it is a blond naso

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

PH swing is probably the problem.

 

[Johnic]

ya think he will recover? what should I do next..stop he calc additive?

 

[Chris5]

I would just leave your tank and naso alone for 24hrs and see if he/she will eat after that ... Hope it works out !

 

[Johnic]

Gotcha...thanks everyone...I hope he does, they're awsome looking fish