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Can any one identify what this is behind my yellow tangs eye? How do I fix it?
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Would not doubt is hawk has antagonized this fish. While it looks like healing post-injury, keep an eye on it and assure its healing properly and not developing into anything bacterial or erosion typeI’ve had the fish for years. I’ve had all my fish for quite a while. I did add a long nose hawk last week. Tang is about 3-4 inches nose to tail.
Can any one identify what this is behind my yellow tangs eye? How do I fix it?
The hawk fish is tiny compared to the tang, do you think it would go after something at least 3 times its size? I guess I didn’t think it through when I bought the hawk fish.Would not doubt is hawk has antagonized this fish. While it looks like healing post-injury, keep an eye on it and assure its healing properly and not developing into anything bacterial or erosion type
Maybe a better picture?
It could - likely - it wouldn't. Unless there was a territory issueThe hawk fish is tiny compared to the tang, do you think it would go after something at least 3 times its size? I guess I didn’t think it through when I bought the hawk fish.
Jay. I would watch - and assuming it's a fight let it solve itself - watching carefully for any redness, etc. Comments?That's a better picture - the reason I asked if it was on one side or both is to try and rule out head and lateral line erosion (HLLE). Trouble is, yellow tangs show this differently, and in rare cases, it can develop on just one side. Still, I've only seen one case myself of HLLE on one side of a fish, so I would lean towards this being an abrasion injury.
Treatment would only be needed if it is growing larger. The trouble is, treatment would require moving the fish to a treatment tank and dosing with antibiotics.
Jay
Jay