Hi Reefers,
I'm feeling rather preplexed.
I've completed 14 days of constant therapuetic Copper Power (2.5 ppm, verified using a Hanna Copper Checker) and transferred the batch of fish into an observation tank. It has been 16 days since I've performed the transfer and noticed as of yesterday the Blue Tang starting to twitch, scratch heavily, swim very erratically and upon taking a closer inspection noticed "tufts" or "nodules" all over its body and fins.
The Blue Tang is in a 180 litre QT system among with a couple other fish, among those is a Desjardini and a Purple Tang. I did witness on several occassions both the Desjardini and Purple Tang aggressively chasing, biting, whipping and attempting to bite the Blue Tang to a certain extent. I've since isolated the Blue Tang from the Desjardini and Purple Tang.
I honestly don't know what I'm dealing with here. I believe it to possibly be either a viral of bacterial infection of some kind, but I don't know whether I'd expect to see the scratching/twitching behavior if it were the case? Also, if you look at the pectoral fins in either of the photos, you can see cauliflower like "clumps" developing on the end. No other fish (Desjardini, Purple, Ocellaris Clowns, Sunburst Anthias) that is currently in the same QT system is exhibiting any other symptoms of the like.
I've started to include Seachem Kanaplex and Vitamins in frozen food as well as dosing these [0] Tri Sulfa Tablets (as this is what we're limited to in Australia and I'm waiting for more Kanaplex to arrive from the US). Is this the right course of action, or should I be doing something else?
[0] Blue Planet Tri Sulfa Medication Tablets
I'm feeling rather preplexed.
I've completed 14 days of constant therapuetic Copper Power (2.5 ppm, verified using a Hanna Copper Checker) and transferred the batch of fish into an observation tank. It has been 16 days since I've performed the transfer and noticed as of yesterday the Blue Tang starting to twitch, scratch heavily, swim very erratically and upon taking a closer inspection noticed "tufts" or "nodules" all over its body and fins.
The Blue Tang is in a 180 litre QT system among with a couple other fish, among those is a Desjardini and a Purple Tang. I did witness on several occassions both the Desjardini and Purple Tang aggressively chasing, biting, whipping and attempting to bite the Blue Tang to a certain extent. I've since isolated the Blue Tang from the Desjardini and Purple Tang.
I honestly don't know what I'm dealing with here. I believe it to possibly be either a viral of bacterial infection of some kind, but I don't know whether I'd expect to see the scratching/twitching behavior if it were the case? Also, if you look at the pectoral fins in either of the photos, you can see cauliflower like "clumps" developing on the end. No other fish (Desjardini, Purple, Ocellaris Clowns, Sunburst Anthias) that is currently in the same QT system is exhibiting any other symptoms of the like.
I've started to include Seachem Kanaplex and Vitamins in frozen food as well as dosing these [0] Tri Sulfa Tablets (as this is what we're limited to in Australia and I'm waiting for more Kanaplex to arrive from the US). Is this the right course of action, or should I be doing something else?
[0] Blue Planet Tri Sulfa Medication Tablets