Flukes

[The Ugly Phase]

so i'm not sure i 100% have them but its the only explanation i can think of my tang is pale hiding and visiting the cleaner shrimp and loss of appetite i have added nothing to the tank for 3+ months at 1st i thought the tangs behaviour was being bullied off the regal angel so i got rid of the regal angel the wierd thing is none of my other fish are showing any signs

midas blenny
2* clowns
Mandarin goby
Royal gramma
and the goldrim tang

i have dosed fluke solve @ 1.4grams for 94 gallon tank (total)

i am going to dose it again in like 7 days if it is flukes when will the tang start showing improvement? i added the fluke solve in 7 hours 24 mins ago from NOW

 

[cdemoss01]

Bumping for fish docs.

It could take up to two weeks.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

so i'm not sure i 100% have them but its the only explanation i can think of my tang is pale hiding and visiting the cleaner shrimp and loss of appetite i have added nothing to the tank for 3+ months at 1st i thought the tangs behaviour was being bullied off the regal angel so i got rid of the regal angel the wierd thing is none of my other fish are showing any signs

midas blenny
2* clowns
Mandarin goby
Royal gramma
and the goldrim tang

i have dosed fluke solve @ 1.4grams for 94 gallon tank (total)

i am going to dose it again in like 7 days if it is flukes when will the tang start showing improvement? i added the fluke solve in 7 hours 24 mins ago from NOW

It does sound like it could be flukes - those are slow to kill and don’t hit all fish species equally.

You may see symptoms worsen the day after you add the flume solve, as when the flukes drop off, they leave behind tiny holes in the fish’a skin. Those heal up in a couple of days.

If you can post a video of the tang I might be able to confirm it.

 

[The Ugly Phase]

It does sound like it could be flukes - those are slow to kill and don’t hit all fish species equally.

You may see symptoms worsen the day after you add the flume solve, as when the flukes drop off, they leave behind tiny holes in the fish’a skin. Those heal up in a couple of days.

If you can post a video of the tang I might be able to confirm it.

unfortunately i cannot get a vid as he hides in a dark cave and IF he comes out he zooms around the tank and goes str8 back in the cave

 

[The Ugly Phase]

It does sound like it could be flukes - those are slow to kill and don’t hit all fish species equally.

You may see symptoms worsen the day after you add the flume solve, as when the flukes drop off, they leave behind tiny holes in the fish’a skin. Those heal up in a couple of days.

If you can post a video of the tang I might be able to confirm it.

he has just been out to visit the cleaner shrimp again but the shrimp has no interest

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

he has just been out to visit the cleaner shrimp again but the shrimp has no interest

The posing in front of the shrimp is a sign of some sort of skin irritation/infection.

The shrimp not cleaning it simply means that the fish’s signals aren’t quite correct, or that the infection isn’t something that the shrimp will eat.