HELP! ? On hippo tang

USNDoc

New Member
I have 125 gallon aquarium with rock sand two open brain coral coral beauty angelfish And hippo tang and then hermit crabs and snails on my parameters are normal but my hippo tang when she does swim she likes to swim into everything and then also when she swims she constantly not only runs into things but constantly constantly goes to the surface as if she's gasping for air. Not only that she likes the stay at the bottom of the tank when not swimming but in the back right corner does anybody have any suggestions or insight or info


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DaveK

Well-Known Member
You don't tell us very much so about the best that can be done is to give you a few things to check.

The tang may be blind. Sometimes the intense lighting on reef tanks can be a problem for them.
Check the fish out carefully for SW ich and velvet. Tangs are notorious "ich magnets".
Hipo tangs often like to spend time hidden in corners. This may be normal.
Gasping at the surface may indicate poor water quality or low oxygen levels.
 
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