Folks,
sorry to say that as a retired Veterinary Parasitologist I cannot give a better diagnosis than, it seems to be a trematode.... But I don't know
18 month old Vlamingi that has been in the tank since it was tiny. No fish have been added to the tank for more or less 6 months, and that was a QT'd CB yellow tang, except a captive bred file fish that was in QT for 21 days, and I was just this week.
The Vlamingi has out grown the tank and I was about to fish box catch and re-home, as it has started to bump up against rock; thought at first the blemish was a scratch. they appear to have a single attachment point and otherwise flow with his direction
By the way, he seems for the first time on his life to have lost a little tone on his back. But eating like a Vlamingi
So now I do not want to re-home till he is clean.
Have a 20 hospital tank, that I do not believe will be sound husbandry based on size and activity level.
ideas?
sorry to say that as a retired Veterinary Parasitologist I cannot give a better diagnosis than, it seems to be a trematode.... But I don't know
18 month old Vlamingi that has been in the tank since it was tiny. No fish have been added to the tank for more or less 6 months, and that was a QT'd CB yellow tang, except a captive bred file fish that was in QT for 21 days, and I was just this week.
The Vlamingi has out grown the tank and I was about to fish box catch and re-home, as it has started to bump up against rock; thought at first the blemish was a scratch. they appear to have a single attachment point and otherwise flow with his direction
By the way, he seems for the first time on his life to have lost a little tone on his back. But eating like a Vlamingi
So now I do not want to re-home till he is clean.
Have a 20 hospital tank, that I do not believe will be sound husbandry based on size and activity level.
ideas?
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