Hey guys,
I picked up this juvenile bristletooth tang (unknown species but hopefully c. flavicauda
) a few days ago, and noticed some light, medium to large blotches that increased in number over the past couple days. I saw one or two this weekend, and count 5 or 6 now.
My best guess is some larger external parasite like a fluke, hook type worm, or similar. I have not treated at all, nor done any fw dip. I have kanaplex, metroplex, furan2, general cure, prazipro, cupramine, and even a little bit of CP on hand (one dose I believe).
The marks imo are much too large to be ich or especially velvet, with a clear defined border and don't appear to be collections of smaller spots. They have no visible texture (like lympho) and seem to be flush with the skin. I've no personal experience with uronema, but I do not see any redness on or around the marks. The lfs where I bought this fish is not known to have the most healthy fish, but this fish was healthy and eating on two separate occasions about a week apart, looked and acted as I'd hope both times.
He's still acting healthy (grazing on rocks and glass) and eating (lrs herbivore), though very shy (hides when I walk by). I've got him as the only resident in an established nuvo 10...a sort of observation tank in lieu of a proper qt (though a hospital tank and larger qt are both options). I've found that bristletooth tangs get hlle easily in sterile tanks and this fish is grazing on some nice hair algae so seems happy.
Any ideas? TIA!
I picked up this juvenile bristletooth tang (unknown species but hopefully c. flavicauda
) a few days ago, and noticed some light, medium to large blotches that increased in number over the past couple days. I saw one or two this weekend, and count 5 or 6 now.My best guess is some larger external parasite like a fluke, hook type worm, or similar. I have not treated at all, nor done any fw dip. I have kanaplex, metroplex, furan2, general cure, prazipro, cupramine, and even a little bit of CP on hand (one dose I believe).
The marks imo are much too large to be ich or especially velvet, with a clear defined border and don't appear to be collections of smaller spots. They have no visible texture (like lympho) and seem to be flush with the skin. I've no personal experience with uronema, but I do not see any redness on or around the marks. The lfs where I bought this fish is not known to have the most healthy fish, but this fish was healthy and eating on two separate occasions about a week apart, looked and acted as I'd hope both times.
He's still acting healthy (grazing on rocks and glass) and eating (lrs herbivore), though very shy (hides when I walk by). I've got him as the only resident in an established nuvo 10...a sort of observation tank in lieu of a proper qt (though a hospital tank and larger qt are both options). I've found that bristletooth tangs get hlle easily in sterile tanks and this fish is grazing on some nice hair algae so seems happy.
Any ideas? TIA!
