Help ID what is wrong with my tang

[bhbbhb]

this was noticed 2 days ago. Thoughts on what it is and treatment.

 

[redfishbluefish]

@Humblefish , @melypr1985 or @4FordFamily could possibly help.

 

[Techie_]

Could maybe be marine velvet... Not sure about this one though. @Humblefish can help

 

[Humblefish]

I don't think that's from a parasite or worm; looks more like a rash or possibly, an infection. Do you have any nems or stinging (LPS) corals that could do this?

 

[bhbbhb]

I don't think that's from a parasite or worm; looks more like a rash or possibly, an infection. Do you have any nems or stinging (LPS) corals that could do this?

Nothing new in the tank. I have had this fish for many many years.

 

[Speedyron]

cryptocaryonosis

 

[4FordFamily]

I am completely stumped

 

[Speedyron]

This is a disease caused by the parasite Cryptocaryon irritans which bores into the fish’s skin

 

[bhbbhb]

This is a disease caused by the parasite Cryptocaryon irritans which bores into the fish’s skin

Treatment ? Ability of fish to beat it ?

 

[Speedyron]

If you observe these white spots, quickly remove the fish to a quarantine tank for treatment. If you observe the white spots on all of your fish, you will need to remove them all from your aquarium for a period of about one month. Leaving the tank fallow for this length of time, should break the life cycle of the parasite and prevent future outbreaks once your fishes are returned to the tank.

· Treatment of the affected fish usually involves some or all of the following procedures:

· Freshwater dips dosed with methylene blue plus formalin

· Lowering specific gravity (hyposalinity = 1.010-1.013) of the quarantine tank

· Continuous exposure for at least 28 days to 0.15 to 0.20 ppm copper, although copper in and of itself can have long-term negative effects

· Antibiotic feeding (preventative against secondary infection)

 

[bhbbhb]

Umm - I just don't think it's Ich. I have had him for many years. At least two times treated for Ich in the last several years. I'll watch and if it spreads to other fish - I'll have to take some action.

 

[Speedyron]

i hope ur right best of luck

 

[Speedyron]

and get a cleaner shrimp really helps rid parasites

 

[Joseph Pagnotta]

I had it with my Powder Blue which Later passed on. But it was exactly the same. It was identified as Brooklynella . Hope this helps

 

[Speedyron]

I had it with my Powder Blue which Later passed on. But it was exactly the same. It was identified as Brooklynella . Hope this helps

another parasite but this one usually attacks the gills first

 

[Humblefish]

I don't agree with the ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) diagnosis or any of the above suggestions on how to treat ich. Ich trophonts typically will not clump together in one spot like that, they spread out across the body & fins. A bacterial infection or even Brooklynella is more likely. If this were my fish, I would treat in a QT with this combination of meds: Furan-2, Seachem Kanaplex, Seachem Metroplex.

 

[Speedyron]

I don't think that's from a parasite or worm; looks more like a rash or possibly, an infection. Do you have any nems or stinging (LPS) corals that could do this?

it looks to me as the parasite is beginning to erupt from the skin into the protomont stage of existence where it will head to the substrate and crawl till it encysts in its tomont stage where it will split into hundreds of more parasites and start the theronts stage looking for another host to begin the process over

 

[Speedyron]

Formalin will work also

 

[Humblefish]

it looks to me as the parasite is beginning to erupt from the skin into the protomont stage of existence where it will head to the substrate and crawl till it encysts in its tomont stage where it will split into hundreds of more parasites and start the theronts stage looking for another host to begin the process over

The protomont stage does not occur until after the trophont(s) have dropped off the fish.

After the trophont leaves the fish, it becomes a protomont before encysting and transforming into a tomont, or "reproductive stage."

Source: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa164

 

[jetmaker]

this was noticed 2 days ago. Thoughts on what it is and treatment.

This does not look like ich.