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Swimming round in circles

#1 User is offline   Joey 

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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:10 PM

I think that my Powder blue might not be happy as it is just swimming round in circles, it is eating when i feed and it is picking off the rocks now and then, so was wondering if there was any answers as to why its doing it.

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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:15 PM

Mine used to pace back and forth and think that was cos the tank was too small. Yours is pretty big though......
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:25 PM

yeah my tank is 6x2x2 so I'm a bit confused as to why its doing it :D
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:28 PM

I have found from personal experinece that PB's tend to be one of tangs most prone to behaviour disorders. My first used to do something very similar, together with swimming in circles and my second went around biting the heads off my Gonioporas! Both are still alive by the way however I wouldn't entertain another one.
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:31 PM

its like its only got 1 fin :D
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:45 PM

dont forget, in the wild a pb will cruise the reef and travel a long way in a day. not like some other tangs that hang around a smaller area. i guess it could be releated to tank size, but maybe tom will have a better idea.

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#7 User is offline   Joey 

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 10:07 AM

I think im going too loose it :D
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 10:40 AM

He really doesn't look too good there, has he got cloudy eyes? Looks like he has an infection of some sort from his scales.

From my experience if a powder blue starts to go down hill they rarely recover.

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 10:46 AM

yeah it doesn't look too good at the mo but is being cleaned by the shrimp, so lets hope it pulls through
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 12:00 PM

:D
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 12:21 PM

shame

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 12:28 PM

dont think ill be getting another one anytime soon, maybe in a few years
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 12:30 PM

Gutted for you
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 03:00 PM

He was'nt that bad when i left for work! :D and the poor guinea pig died today........Im staying at work, Your cursed love!
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 03:02 PM

it went from bad to worse, what do you mean im cursed? The girls are still fine

p.s. get back to work slacker :D
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 03:04 PM

I should hope bloody so!!!!! There is something seriously wrong if something happens to them! :D
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 03:08 PM

DOMESTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 03:27 PM

:D :)
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 04:20 PM

Sorry to hear about the PB and the guinea pig.
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 05:57 PM

Sorry Joey , Rach :D

Powder blue very nice but not the easiest to keep
48"x36"x24" main tank 45"x26"x 26" sump
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