yellow eye tang (KOLE TANG) help

[D.J.]

hey guys i was doing some maintance to my 75g and moving some rocks and noticed that my yellow eye tang's lips/mouth looks like it may be swollen and possibably have a sore on it, i cant really get a pic of it since its so shy and keeps dartin into hiding and i still cant find my camera cord.

is this something i need to worry about or is it just from grazin on my rock? seems to be healthy no other symptons or acting like its sick. still swims around and im guessin its eatin the sea veggies im puttin in the tank cuz it keep disappearing of my veggie clips....

thanks guys

[Timmy]

Hard to tell without a pic, but my foxface had something similar. I fed him and a nice big piece of food went into the bubble coral. Well he just couldn't resist and started to graze, lond story short he got stung on the lip. He just backed off kind of stunned at what just happened, with a bump on his lip that went away in a day.

[D.J.]

maybe thats all with my tang

he has been grazing close to the nem's in the tank.......

[Afish4u]

didn't you get those condi's out yet?

[D.J.]

no not yet.......they are goin into the 55g now that its up and goin....been waitin for that tank to cycle alil more.....if they would be ok in there with a snowflake a volitan?????????

[Afish4u]

they should be ok ... but in my opinion they are as useful as a damsel. look on the bright side if they die they will give you more room. but they should do just fine in a fowlr

[condiman]

Thats probably what it is I know my kole did the same thing when he got pickn near the anenomes

[D.J.]

i did notice they seem to be alil better but still kinda puffy. wonder if he just didnt learn his lesson or if somethings wrong or if its just gona take longer to heal up.....im guessin he is still eating since he hasnt died and the sea veggis i put in there seem to be goin away....i have seen im pickin at some of the algea on the sand and backglass but its just the fine brown algea nothing thick.

[Loverotties]

Feed him some Nori and soak it in garlic guard and it mite have got stong from the Lion.

[Loverotties]

Also try Live brine shrimp!He should go for that!

[D.J.]

im actually hatchin off some brine as i type.....i know my clowns love them...


i never see him near the lion but it is a possibility....the lion is comein out of that tank this weekend along with the nem's....