Scratches on Head

[SurfTrack]

My new kole tang has a couple small injuries on its head. Very small, like gashes as thin as a hair. Its not ich, velvet, or flukes I know that. He is still eating and acting normally. When I first added him he did have a little bit of aggression with my yellow tang, I saw a couple tailswipes but that's it. (Thats really my only guess). Should I worry?

None of my fish are quarantined, and I haven't had any diseases in 2 years. All of my other fish are perfectly fine.

Im not going to be able to take a picture of it either, the injuries are too small and he's still to shy for me to put my phone against the glass.

 

[reef lover]

Most likely from the other tang. Keep eyes open for infection and further aggression.

 

[Aussiemarine]

Could also be HLLE just keep an eye on it if it grows and look up HLLE to see if it matches

 

[Aussiemarine]

Here’s a good write up - tangs are very susceptible to it

HLLE - Head and Lateral Line Erosion Disease Treatment - Hackers' Reef

HLLE is a disease that afflicts many of the ornamental marine fish in our hobby. The acronym stands for Head and Lateral Line Erosion. Facts & Prevention...

www.hackersreef.com

 

[Topreefer92]

My kole tang had this as well. I fed plenty of nori and it cleared up within a couple of days. I have lots of swim throughs and caves in my rock work so fast movements sometimes means a clumsy fish!

 

[SurfTrack]

Could also be HLLE just keep an eye on it if it grows and look up HLLE to see if it matches

It matches HLLE a little bit. But it also just looks like a tiny wound. Ive been feeding a lot of nori and he's always picking at the rocks, hopefully this issue resolves itself.

Ill update if it grows or spreads.

Thanks for all your responses