Re: White striped racing tang?
- From: "Charles Spitzer" <charlie.spitzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:26:46 -0700
"Mark Henry" <mrhenry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7rPDf.41076$iQ.12969@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello everyone!
>
> I added a small Hawaiian yellow tang to my 60g reef tank last week and he
> seems to be doing well (eats well, very active, etc). However, he tends to
> run and hide deep in the rock crevices anytime someone walks by the tank -
> which, since it's in a highly trafficed area happens often.
>
> Today while I was servicing the tank I noticed that he's suddenly got two
> very pronounced white stripes down his left and right sides. They appear
> about 3-4mm in height and run the length of his body from right behind his
> gills to just before his tail begins.
>
> I sat and watched him for some time to make sure that these wern't surface
> parasites, or some kind of gill worm laying flat to his body. These
> stripes are definately a change to his body coloring - gives him a kind of
> racing stripe look.
>
> I'm wondering if these could be abrasion marks from his darting into and
> out of the rockwork? Maybe he's actually worn the color off from his
> scales/body? It's certainly not ich, or anything that I've seen before
> from freshwater.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> tia,
>
> mrark h
nighttime colorations of fish can be drastically different than their
daytime colorations. they sometimes switch when becoming frightened.
.
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