Brown Rim Tang Attacked?

[Freddybnj_2004]

Hello all... it's been a while... anyway... I've had my tang for a while and he was mainly the aggressor... but today I come home and this is what I see... everyone else looks perfect... not a scratch (except for my Yellow Tang who had a small piece of his tail snipped off... a while ago... mostly grown back)
I figured it was the fish settling in and showing off who's boss... etc...

Here is a pic of my tang...

BTW - I have 1 Emerald crab about 1 1/2 inches, and a few more under an inch... some sand sifting stars, snails, crabs and two sea hares... and some peppermint shrimp...

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

Hard to tell but looks more like a sickness than an attack but Im not sure. Maybe @redfishbluefish or @Sunny might know

 

[Freddybnj_2004]

He was fine last night can a disease literally take a chunk of his face off overnight!?!?

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[redfishbluefish]

I don't know fish problems....but I will say that that looks bad. Could it have stuck it's mouth in a powerhead?

 

[Sunny]

That is a very strange nip if that was a territorial fight.

 

[Sunny]

Showerhead? Hehe?

 

[redfishbluefish]

Showerhead? Hehe?

Darn autocorrect.....I fixed it Sunny. Does your phone autocorrect powerhead?

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

He was fine last night can a disease literally take a chunk of his face off overnight!?!?

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Don't think it would happen over night but does seem odd that this fish would be the only one hurt if it was a fight. Maybe Paul could be on something with the power head

 

[art13]

I would say powerhead or a rock shifted and landed on the front of him, it looks like he was caught in something. Do you happen to have a clam?

 

[Freddybnj_2004]

No clams...had some but they've been gone for months...only empty shells....i did check my rocks... doesnt look like anything fell but i know Tangs like to bury themselves... maybe dug to deep and it shifted enough to catch him... ugh
Looks like he cant eat..bot sure if he will make it.. I'll update later... btw - Someome mentioned i might have a Mantis Shrimp...could he have done this?

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[art13]

mantis punch or stab, chances are that fish would be dead and eaten if it was. The front of his head was definitely caught in something.

 

[Freddybnj_2004]

Good to know... hopefully he can eat again and will heal..
Thanks all for the info!


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[Freddybnj_2004]

He didn't make it... he died
.. he was eating but i guess the injury/stress was too much

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[njtiger24 aquariums]

Sorry to hear that.