rider Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 ok, so i got this small yellow tang 4 days ago. got home today and can't find him any were. Looked in the over flow, hood, floor, and fan. I tried looking behind the rocks and in the cracks, but can't see him any were. do fish just hide were you can't see them at all, even at feeding time. heres a pictures of him. now, i keep telling my wife that rock looks like a skull, but she can't see it. am i crazy or what? (nutty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghiggi Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Have you noticed the other fish picking on him since you added him? He may just be hiding out from them. My tangs would play hide and seek all the time. They would find the smallest possible crack they could wedge themselves into and just sit there, but usually not for more the 30 minutes. They do the same thing at night when they sleep. Good luck. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 well, i have kept an eye on the tank all night and no sign of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 it'll turn up....somewhere. More than likely alive and well. Did you qt it? Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Whenever I first get a tang it will hide as much as possible for the first 2-4 weeks. Even at feeding time. There is enough current that some food gets near it and it can eat. After a little while they have started to get brave and venture out more and more. Now the tang that I have will practically eat out of my fingers. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 ok, so what about the rock, can anyone besides me see a skull in it. or, am i just crazy(nutty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 that is cool. didn't see it before you mentioned it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 ok, so what about the rock, can anyone besides me see a skull in it. or, am i just crazy(nutty) Ok so I am stupid I dont see it(laugh) Someone clue me in(laugh) Tank looks great though(rock2) Any sign of the yellow tang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 he showed up, but not they way i had hoped. not sure how he died. I didn't see anyone picking on him, and he was runnin around right off the bat. check my levels and everthing is perfect. guy at the lfs credited me for him, so i guess ill try another yellow tang. kinda sad though, i liked that little guy. he was fun to watch. very playful. ok as far as the rock goes, no one can realy see the skull but me. confirming my wifes idea that im am crazy (nutty). Ok that rock looks like the skull of an eel. the cave is the mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Well you did not say an eel but now I see what you are saying(laugh) Mouth is the holee then you havea pointy nose and the eyse next to it. I may be crazy to or just to many beers tonight but I did se it:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 excellent, so i am not the only crazy person here(nutty). you wall just need to drink more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I think I see it, is it below and a littel left of the rose and clowns and your right spectra a few beers helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Sorry about your fish...did you QT him? As far as the skulls, I see it clearly to the Left of the GSP...the six line is swimming right by the "eye"...but I the beer does help...LOL Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 dont have a qt tank, best i can do i have the lfs hold him in there tank for a couple weeks. cant convice the wife to let me put up a 40 gallon qt. ohh well. we all do our best. found this tang that i have seen in there front tank for a few weeks. SOOOOOO, i put him in the tank. fed the tank a little extra today just to see if i could get him to eat. nothin yet. saw him hanging out by the skull. went back to check on him 15 minutes later, and gone. no sign of him at all. he was larger than the other. am i just not ment to have a yellow tang in my tank. or did the skull eat him. I have a very small blue tang that is doing well, and has been for a while. not sure what is going on with the yellow tangs. come to think of it, when i first got into the hobby years ago with a fish only tank. i bought a yellow tang who commited suicide by jumping out of the water into the lid of the tank repeatedly until he killed himself. I must be cursed from the yellow tangs. i think the skull ate him (scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Maybe you have a mantis shrimp that only eats yellow fish that lives in the skull (I don't see it in the pics, can you point it out better?) dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGooseWhisperer Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 wife: slow down on the beers there fella! me: but i can't see the skull yet?!?! yea i cant see it even with the clues, but then again i could never do those "magic-eye" things either. Sorry about your fish:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 ok, so i was storing this large piece of rock with some star polyps, shrooms, and xenia on it and he finaly came to pick it up. so i thought it would be the perfect opertunity to ravage my tank for the man down. SoOOOOOooOOOO, i move my rock were i realy wanted it (pain in the @ss, but glad its finaly were i want it.) and moved half the rock in my tank, but still no sign of the man down. wouldn't he have came out to at least check what was going on, or would he have dug down deeper in a crack? so now i have a pretty decent aquascape that i had been planning. just need to wait for a couple small peices to cure, so i can fill in a couple areas. but, i made the skulls mouth a deeper cave with more exits, the fish realy like it. and i made an archway for them as well, the shrimp realy likes it. I'll take some pics once all my stuff isn't as pissed off at me as it is right now. Probably take some tomorrow. So, back to the yellow tang, there was no sign of a dead body, so i have high hopes. Lets poor a drink for the little bugger, "and stair at the skull". It's margarita time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Not trying to be the bearer of bad news but it might be gone. I bought a real nice wrasse a few weeks ago and after aclimating it threw it in the tank. Well watched it swim around for a bit and then when the other fish came out it disapeared. Long story short it was gone for a week and then my son goes whats that fish in there dadDOH! It was the head of my wrasse being eaten by the pepermint shrimp(flame) Thats all that was left of it. Hope your situation is better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 the tang was a little bigger, but man that would suck, i tried to stir the water up behind the rocks i couldnt move because of some corals, but saw nothing. So, either he is dead and jammed in some corner, or he is alive and well, just hiding to torment me. i moved the rock my roase anenome is sitting on, and ohh man is he pissed at me, but slowly coming back. He sucked himself all the way back into the rock. it is realy amazing how small those guys can shrivel up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I sucks loosing livestock...I just watched my big blue-legged hermit rip the little blue legged hermit outta of his little shell and snap his head off. Brutal...what can you do. The carcass has since been consumed by??? (since last night) Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 ok, so my greens star polyps and my rose anenome are still a little pissed at me for moving things around. so is my frog spawn. but, heres some pictures of the new aquascape. what do ya think? BEWARE THE SKULL CAVE, I still have a few pieces to add, but I have to wait for them to cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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