powder brown tang not looking good

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  1. sbyrum1090

    sbyrum1090 Plankton

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    so i was feed my little hungry fish today and i watched my powder brown tang and it went to eat but could'nt never get the food in it mouth i start looking closer and its face has pulled back and its teeth are showing what could be wrong i have changed anything in the tank and nothing new been put in the tank but a sps coral in the last month what could be going on my tank is

    125 gal

    no2 0
    no3 0
    ph 8.2
    mag 1350
    sali 1.026
    pho 0
    amm 0
    cal 410
    phosphate 0
    plz help
     
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  3. nc208082

    nc208082 Zoanthid

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    could be quite a number of things.
    A) Try and grab a picutre if you can.
    B) Get a qt tank set up which will be large enough for a tang.
    C) The biggest question is what are its tank mates? I.e.e bullying, stress..

    Could be a flesh eating disease or other type of bacterial infection. Skin receding sounds like flesh eating disease, but a pic can help id this.
     
  4. APC

    APC Gigas Clam

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    It could just be the fish...I had a powder brown a couple of years ago...had him for months...and then he just died on me. I lost nothing else...and never found a reason. I have read that browns can be hard to keep...so I have steered away from them every since.