Hi,
I bought this fish about two months ago from my LFS. Their protocol with new fish is QT with copper for 14 days. When we brought it home, a month later we found it lying on the bottom of the tank gasping for air and white spots all over it.
We immediately moved it to our QT tank where a few other fish were just about to start their 3 day copper ramp up period. Once the tang was in QT for a few days he started to recover. Then he started eating and swimming after a week. The 14 day copper regiment is over and we want to start transitioning them into regular non treated water. I’ve noticed over the last few days he has developed some brown spots. The other fish all look perfectly healthy and yes eating and swimming like normal. I know tangs sometime change their color but I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something serious before moving to the next steps.
Please see attached.
I bought this fish about two months ago from my LFS. Their protocol with new fish is QT with copper for 14 days. When we brought it home, a month later we found it lying on the bottom of the tank gasping for air and white spots all over it.
We immediately moved it to our QT tank where a few other fish were just about to start their 3 day copper ramp up period. Once the tang was in QT for a few days he started to recover. Then he started eating and swimming after a week. The 14 day copper regiment is over and we want to start transitioning them into regular non treated water. I’ve noticed over the last few days he has developed some brown spots. The other fish all look perfectly healthy and yes eating and swimming like normal. I know tangs sometime change their color but I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something serious before moving to the next steps.
Please see attached.