Naso not eating

[djarth]

Had this Naso tang for several months, it was eating, till recently it stopped eating.

I Tried all kinds of food from Brine shrimp, to live ones, bought a whole rock of algea, dried seaweed, formula one pellets and flakes.....

It just eats and spits it out.

Any advice anybody?

Thanks

[Crab]

I think probably it's not feeling well. Check your water parameter and change water. Hope it gets better.

[djarth]

Changed water too...

anyway, it went to vist the fish god....right in front of me...

Thanks for the advice

[tiger]

Show any sign when she died, like ICH or fungus etc?

Naso are really fierce eater, like mine.

[djarth]

Nope, it was spotless, no signs of injury or anything......

Suddenly decided not to eat and wasted away.

Worst part saw it die right in front of me...traumatic man....

It was swimming and suddenly it sank to the bottom, and the body turned to black.

Its so annoying, was doing so well

All the other fishes were eating like mad

[odi]

My condolences for the loss.

[IanJ]

I am no expert on this, but i have seen this on many of the naso tangs available here. They either start to feed and stop and die or do not feed at all and just die.

I can only think that it is the way they are caught, perhaps cyanide or other method which causes internal organ damage.

I had several bad experiences, finally went to Coral farm to be certain of a healthy specimum.

It was money well spent.

Of course you need to have a well managed tank as well.

[patrick123]

I agree with IanJ. It could be cyanide poisoning and starting to kill the fish inside out.

BTW, can someone tell me the address of Coral Farm and how to get there?

Thanks,

Patrick

[Strongbad]

Hello Patrick,

You can check out the pinned thread in 'Weekly LFS Stock Report' in the forum for the directory listings...

My Brown Tang of 6 months died recently too.....sianz....

[odi]

Here's the info on Coral Farm

Coralfarm

[patrick123]

Hi bro, thanks so much for the info.

[djarth]

Just curious, will cynaide remain in the fish's system after 4-5 months?

Any indication of poisoning beside the color of the poo?

CF is a little pricey, i guess i would had to pay a hundred for the large specimen that i got...(2.5in tail streamers)

However if i really want a certain rare species, think i go there for security.

thanks for sharing my woe