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Tang Tummy Trouble?

April 26, 2017tang TUMMY

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Tang Tummy Trouble?

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Hello Crew, I’m either really missing the boat regarding nutrition, or maybe there is another problem. I’ve had this yellow tang for a few months and he’s starting to lose weight. His gut, however, is so full of food that he looks like he could explode any minute. Sort of like something out of that movie Alien. His usual diet is a hunk of Nori seaweed every day that has been soaking in Selcon, Zoe and Vita-Chem, plus he grazes the tank as well as eats the meaty foods the other fish get. Looking at how full his gut looks, I wouldn’t think that under-feeding would be the problem. But, he is losing that rounded look behind and above his gut and just starting to get that flat and skinny appearance. It appears by looking at the feces that there is less complete digestion as there was when he was in QT. I don’t really see any stringy substance in them, but maybe you could make an argument that there may be a little mucus-like material holding everything together.