New Tomini tang with weird white "thing" on the side of his face.

[Nazzar]

Hello!

A few days ago I bought a Tomini tang that has been doing quite fine. (Eat quite well/seen him grazing from the algae and Nori that is in the tank and starts to swim around more and more now)

However He/she started to have a white "thing" on the side of its head that looks nothing like I can find on the forums. Hopefully the picture shows what I mean.

Now looking at this picture I've noticed that he also has some white spots around his face.

Does anyone know what this could be? And if so how I could treat it?

 

[KrisReef]

One on each side of the head?

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Are you talking about this thing or the two symmetrical white spots on his “nose” ?

 

[KrisReef]

Thanks,
Looks like it might have a parasite?

Any Advice @Jay Hemdal​

Please and thank you.

 

[Nazzar]

Are you talking about this thing or the two symmetrical white spots on his “nose” ?

The thing you circled!

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hello!

A few days ago I bought a Tomini tang that has been doing quite fine. (Eat quite well/seen him grazing from the algae and Nori that is in the tank and starts to swim around more and more now)

However He/she started to have a white "thing" on the side of its head that looks nothing like I can find on the forums. Hopefully the picture shows what I mean.

Now looking at this picture I've noticed that he also has some white spots around his face.

Does anyone know what this could be? And if so how I could treat it?

Are you talking about the white cane shaped material on its left head above the eye? That could be a mucus plug that tangs get from time to time. A clearer picture might help.

This article discusses some aspects of mucus and fish:

Mucus - The Slime That Binds

Mucus: The Slime that Binds Jay Hemdal C. 2020 This article examines the various causes of excess mucus coatings on fish, as well as fecal mucus issues. ------------------- The mucus produced by the fish’s epidermal cells gives them their...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

 

[Nazzar]

Are you talking about the white cane shaped material on its left head above the eye? That could be a mucus plug that tangs get from time to time. A clearer picture might help.

This article discusses some aspects of mucus and fish:

Mucus - The Slime That Binds

Mucus: The Slime that Binds Jay Hemdal C. 2020 This article examines the various causes of excess mucus coatings on fish, as well as fecal mucus issues. ------------------- The mucus produced by the fish’s epidermal cells gives them their...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

I think you are right with the mucus plug, I had no Idea that tangs could get those! I've google about them and I found a couple of your other posts on the forum and they looked quite similar. (especially this post: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/black-tang-disease.783074/ )

I tried to take a picture with white lights but the white string/thing has now fallen off.

So for now I think my issue is solved. Hopefully it was indeed a mucus plug!

Thanks!