Scopas Tang post mortem

[Matt Carden]

My Scopas had an issue with his color shortly after introducing him. This persisted for a couple weeks then seemed to normalize. He would appear to be his true color while lights were on and when the lights were out he seemed to turn opaque? A couple weeks ago he appeared to be going through something again with his coloration . Also the Bicolor Angel seemed to turn white around his mouth and eyes. They were buddies from day one so could be related.

Two days ago I found the Scopas sucked up to the powerhead return.
I can't get a good picture of the Angel .

 

[vetteguy53081]

Great to see a pic of it alive as pic depicts a bacterial issue going on . Was there a change in type of water or something new introduced ?
Were fish breathing and eating normal or was breathing labored and loss of appetite developed?
What is current ammonia and nitrate level as well as Ph and salinity ?

 

[Matt Carden]

The rest of the fish behaving normally. No heavy breathing. I observed eating the day before. Not sure if eating enough.
There shouldn't be any Ammonia the nitrifying bacteria have been established for 10 months.
Nitrates around 30
PO4 around .1
ph 7.8
35ppm salinity