Purple Tang Burn?

[FoxyFace]

My purple tang developed this overnight. It looks like a burn to me. I’m looking for thoughts on what it may be.

 

[Brian1f1]

There are others here who will be much more knowledgeable about disease. I will say it looks like a burn or serious scrape. It could be a burn from a coral or anemone. Is there a heater in the display? How is it acting?

 

[FoxyFace]

No heater in the display. I was thinking nem or LPS burn. It's acting fine. I was shocked when I saw it. It was almost like it was stopping to show me.

 

[Blackice615]

This happened to me recently, two times in the past 3 weeks and it went away over night and or in 2 days. Mines is eating normally and back to regular health now

 

[Humblefish]

Is it red at all or just a discolored area of skin??

 

[FoxyFace]

Not red, looks more white or bleached.

 

[Humblefish]

Not red, looks more white or bleached.

As mentioned above, it sounds more like a coral sting or injury of some sort. Meaning, it should heal without any intervention on your part. However, maintaining pristine water conditions and feeding vitamin enriched foods always helps.

 

[FoxyFace]

It’s nearly gone today. Amazing.

 

[Blackice615]

Glad to hear. I have two large torches in my tank. Im not certain if that's what caused it