Why does my Tang do this?

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  1. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    My Orange Shoulder Tang is constantly going to the water surface, around the edges of the tank and makes bubbles....he isnt grazing...but he constantly does it...and he is the only one of the tangs that does it...? Is he just a weirdo or is there a reason behind it?
     
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  2. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Wow. Love to see a pic of that.
     
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  3. Slacking02

    Slacking02 Astrea Snail

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    my foxface just started doing this too!?
    but i have no idea why!?
     
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  4. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    He's a weirdo lol

    But maybe oxygen levels? That's the only thing I can think of :/
     
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  5. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    I will try to get a pic tomorrow...he will be doing it..lol he is like OCD with it
     
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  6. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    Nah, oxygen level are fine...I think he's just stupid...lol..
     
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  7. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    did ya drop any E in there? I hear tweakers like bubbles.

    How about them buckeyes? Sully showed his muscles.
     
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  8. Dragon moray ki

    Dragon moray ki Astrea Snail

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    I had a tang that did that don't worry he's fine.
     
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  9. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    Enjoy Matt...you can actually see the bubbles he blows in a few of the pics...my crazy tang...lol
     

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  10. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Maybe he is eating one of the nerite eggs right below the water line and reacting to that. My cats growing up would eat grasshoppers and foam at the mouths. Since he only does it in that spot I figured if its not behavioral is more like environmental?
     
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