Powder brown tang help!!!!

Marinebionerd · May 29, 2017

Hello I do not know what this is on my tang but I don't think it has been there help!!!!

Marinebionerd · May 29, 2017

He does not have ick the other spots are particles in the water the spot in worried about is below the long white spot on his face it's a small dot inside a ring

Marinebionerd · May 29, 2017

He's eating fine and swimming around actively

lion king · May 29, 2017

hoping for the best, sometimes their coloring can get a little spotchy. Could be due to stress, make sure your water quality is spot on and enrich his food. I don't feed nori, but you could; I inturn feed any fish I feel compromised with many small meals throughout the day. With tangs I feed hikari mega algae and new life mega-algae.

Marinebionerd · May 29, 2017

lion king said:
hoping for the best, sometimes their coloring can get a little spotchy. Could be due to stress, make sure your water quality is spot on and enrich his food. I don't feed nori, but you could; I inturn feed any fish I feel compromised with many small meals throughout the day. With tangs I feed hikari mega algae and new life mega-algae.

Nitrates are good a little higher than I'd like but in check and I feed him hikari seaweed and mysis

Maritimer · May 29, 2017

I see the ring you're talking about, below his gill and pretty close to where his heart should be, but I don't immediately recognize it. Perhaps @melypr1985 or other members of the #reefsquad have seen something like that before . . .

~Bruce

Marinebionerd · May 29, 2017

Maritimer said:
I see the ring you're talking about, below his gill and pretty close to where his heart should be, but I don't immediately recognize it. Perhaps @melypr1985 or other members of the #reefsquad have seen something like that before . . .

~Bruce

Okay thanks

melypr1985 · May 29, 2017

It looks like he could have been poked or stung in that spot and there's a slight infection happening there. you can feed extra vitamins in his food (selcon, vitachem as examples) and wait to see if his immune system can take care of it on it's own.... or you can separate to QT and treat with an antibiotic like kanaplex.

4FordFamily · May 29, 2017

Also, acanthurus tangs (especially powder blue, brown, gold rim, and Achilles) will lose color and discolor when ich or velvet infest their gills (often before you see anything on the fish). Watch closely. If you didn't treat in copper or CP prior, I would be HIGHLY suspicious and be ready to properly QT with these guys.

Marinebionerd · May 31, 2017

4FordFamily said:
Also, acanthurus tangs (especially powder blue, brown, gold rim, and Achilles) will lose color and discolor when ich or velvet infest their gills (often before you see anything on the fish). Watch closely. If you didn't treat in copper or CP prior, I would be HIGHLY suspicious and be ready to properly QT with these guys.

When I first got him he had ick and I tested it with this treatment called hyper that always worked good and it looks like the spot is going away... fingers crossed

4FordFamily · May 31, 2017

noahw. said:
When I first got him he had ick and I tested it with this treatment called hyper that always worked good and it looks like the spot is going away... fingers crossed

Unfortunately, I think this will not be the last you see of ich... be diligent!

Marinebionerd · May 31, 2017

4FordFamily said:
Unfortunately, I think this will not be the last you see of ich... be diligent!

Definitely not the first or the last but I tell you I've been using that hypercure for proabably 3 inch outbreaks cures everyone haven't had a death since from ick (knock on wood)