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Was the fish eating ? Any injury or aggression issue ?
Sorry for losing such a beautiful fish. I was just reading your thread and I thought I saw ich in one of your first photos. Achille tang is notoriously known as an "ich magnet" that combined with the extreme sensitivity and weak immune system make a recipe for disaster.
I'm assuming you were treating it with copper due to ich infection? If you were a good copper test and twice daily testing is a must to maintain proper concentration as a slight overdose will kill the fish.
I'm running a hypo salinity QT right now with my 3 Achiiles going on 2 weeks. I planned to run it for 4 weeks and follow that with Cupramine and Prazipro treatment . Total QT treatment time would be around 10-12 weeks.
A little over 2 months [emoji20]
Acanthurus tangs really struggle..Yes I also lost my Achilles .... Very hard fish to keep alive from my experience .... He was eating great all the way up to his death too.... I couldn't beat the Ich from him .... None of my other fish have any trouble with it though .
Na, they do that when they are angry....and only momentarily. I only saw him do that once and he lived many years after... I lost him eventually when my whole tank crashed...He looks very pale! That is not good! Mine started turning this color before he died!
Na, they do that when they are angry....and only momentarily. I only saw him do that once and he lived many years after... I lost him eventually when my whole tank crashed...
Had my Achilles for about 2 1/2 years. He's among the least welcoming of all my fish to newcomers (recently put a chevron through the ringer), but definately not the boss. BTW, he also shows ich periodically; has done since he came out of QT.