Tang has cloudy eyes, white specks all over & has white stringy poop

[Jessicaray94]

Help!!!
My zebra tang has white stringy poop that looks like worms, has cloudy eyes & has white specks all over its body, almost looks like a film is covering his body.
Anyone know what kind of sickness/parasite he could have? & how can I treat him & possibly the entire tank?
Attached is a photo & video.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Sounds like there are several things going on. Internal parasites, flukes ich and velvet all seem like possibilities.


Address velvet first.

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

Do you have meds on hand to treat with? I figure this is a good place to start. For flukes though, you can a freshwater dip.

 

[MERKEY]

Sounds like there are several things going on. Internal parasites, flukes ich and velvet all seem like possibilities.


Address velvet first.

+1

Start a QT with copper amd let display run fallow.

You can fresh water dip to rule out flukes or others

 

[Jessicaray94]

Sounds like there are several things going on. Internal parasites, flukes ich and velvet all seem like possibilities.


Address velvet first.

I'm not familiar with velvet tbh. I'llGoogle, but can you explain?,

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

I would do a rally bath on the way to copper or CP in a hospital tank.

 

[Jessicaray94]

Do you have meds on hand to treat with? I figure this is a good place to start. For flukes though, you can a freshwater dip.

No, I do not have meds.

 

[Thaxxx]

If that was my fish would fresh water dip then straight to full strength copperpower 2.0. Then get ready to get the rest of your fish treated. Ick or velvet he has had it for awhile.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

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[Big G]

Here's the complete treatment and info guide by Humblefish on Marine Velvet.

Velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum)

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Scroll down to the section that gets right to the point: Emergency Treatment for Velvet

Time is not your friend. This parasite kills rather quickly.

 

[Qasimja]

that looks line marine velvet you gotta act fast it took out my tank in 2 days