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Anyone know what this dark spot on my convict tang could be? It’s more of a black color than anything. I also have a sailfin tang, but they get along very well so I don’t think it could be from it.. Thinking it may be some kind of disease, and do I need to catch to treat?
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Anyone know what this dark spot on my convict tang could be? It’s more of a black color than anything. I also have a sailfin tang, but they get along very well so I don’t think it could be from it.. Thinking it may be some kind of disease, and do I need to catch to treat?
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Side note, he is eating and swimming around like normal.
 

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Anyone know what this dark spot on my convict tang could be? It’s more of a black color than anything. I also have a sailfin tang, but they get along very well so I don’t think it could be from it.. Thinking it may be some kind of disease, and do I need to catch to treat?
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Looks like a scrape injury that is healing. Could use pics with brighter white light intensity to confirm but this is a blemish rather than disease from the looks of it. Other would be bacterial but pics again too dark
 

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Agree - need brighter light pictures - also nice to know when it started, how long it took to develop, any other fish sick or new?
 
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Agree - need brighter light pictures - also nice to know when it started, how long it took to develop, any other fish sick or new?
Hello! This morning the spots look different & he is resting on a rock. Best picture I could get because he won’t come out I first noticed it last night, so I couldn’t have taken long to develop as I tank watch nightly haha. No new fish, he is actually the newest. He has been in tank for about two weeks after QT. I have a sailfin, some clowns, wrasse, and a few goby’s that are all currently doing okay!
 

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Looks like a scrape injury that is healing. Could use pics with brighter white light intensity to confirm but this is a blemish rather than disease from the looks of it. Other would be bacterial but pics again too dark
I posted an updated picture this morning, but still not a very good picture because he seems to just be hiding. It looks like this morning the top sides of his fins are now gaining a dark color too.
 

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Hello! This morning the spots look different & he is resting on a rock. Best picture I could get because he won’t come out I first noticed it last night, so I couldn’t have taken long to develop as I tank watch nightly haha. No new fish, he is actually the newest. He has been in tank for about two weeks after QT. I have a sailfin, some clowns, wrasse, and a few goby’s that are all currently doing okay!
One issue is that fish often do have different 'spots'/patterns when they are hiding. is it not swimming at all? Is there any reddish tint to the lesion?
 

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I posted an updated picture this morning, but still not a very good picture because he seems to just be hiding. It looks like this morning the top sides of his fins are now gaining a dark color too.
If lights just went on, give it an hour and repost pics
 

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