I woke up this morning and found my powder blue tang in terrible shape. Black blotches over most of his body. Last night, there were no visual signs of this disease but I did notice him sitting in the current a little more than usual. He is in 20g quarantine with a yellow tang and they are separated by an egg crate divider. I've got a powerhead for flow and a bubble filter for airation. Temp is 76 and salinty is 1.023.
The powder blue has been in quarantine for two weeks and the yellow for three. I noticed black spots like this right when he was introduced and diagnosed it as turbellarian black spot. I treated with PraziPro and it cleared up within a couple days. Now I'm not so sure..
He has been eating voraciously (seaweed, pellets, pe mysis) and is still pulling at seaweed a little this morning. I'm currently 4 days into a Cupramine treatment for ich, which is definitely present. The yellow tang does show signs of ich, but nothing resembling this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've never tried to keep a Powder Blue before, so perhaps this is some kind of natural pigmentation reaction to stress? I hesitate to add Prazi in the middle of a copper treatment.
The powder blue has been in quarantine for two weeks and the yellow for three. I noticed black spots like this right when he was introduced and diagnosed it as turbellarian black spot. I treated with PraziPro and it cleared up within a couple days. Now I'm not so sure..
He has been eating voraciously (seaweed, pellets, pe mysis) and is still pulling at seaweed a little this morning. I'm currently 4 days into a Cupramine treatment for ich, which is definitely present. The yellow tang does show signs of ich, but nothing resembling this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've never tried to keep a Powder Blue before, so perhaps this is some kind of natural pigmentation reaction to stress? I hesitate to add Prazi in the middle of a copper treatment.
thats sad.... RIP little guy
