[afishybusiness]

I have had this powder blue tang now for about 2 weeks. At first it looked like a text book specimen. It started eating the day after I got it, and things were great. Yesterday, I noticed that the tang's skin was wrinkled. It looks like there are waves in the skin and the coloration is a little pale. The fish still eats and acts normal. What could this be? I unfortunately don't have a picture. Has anybody else had experience with something like this?

[scubadude]

Originally Posted by afishybusiness

I have had this powder blue tang now for about 2 weeks. At first it looked like a text book specimen. It started eating the day after I got it, and things were great. Yesterday, I noticed that the tang's skin was wrinkled. It looks like there are waves in the skin and the coloration is a little pale. The fish still eats and acts normal. What could this be? I unfortunately don't have a picture. Has anybody else had experience with something like this?

Hi afishy
How bout giving some stats on your tank...like equipment, gallons, skimmer type, etc...especially parameters such as ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates? Also what are you feeding the PBT? You should feed him a varied diet of mostly vegetation...you can use nori, fresh calerpa, or even broccolli. I also suggest you soak your foods in some vitamins such as selcon or zoecon. If the fish doesnt have much to graze on then his health will slowly decline and coloration dissipating is one of the signs of vitamin defeciancy.