BPC10001
Aspiring Reef Master
Hi again - I'm sure you guys will be sick of me in this forum soon enough .... 
My fish finished their copper treatment and I moved them to a clean tank for observation. Everyone is healthy and happy except for the tang who has been scratching badly for 24-48 hours.
I noticed yesterday the Tang had black splotches on him. I continued to monitor him through the day and by yesterday evening, he was starting to act strange (lethargic, swimming up by the surface more than usual, not eating). I feared the worst and suspected Velvet but he didn't have any spots on him aside from the black marks.
I performed a freshwater dip and within seconds of putting him in TONS of flukes started pouring off him. I kept him in for ~5 minutes and the spot on his side changed from black to white. I got him out of the freshwater and moved him back into some salt water with an aerator while I re-setup my QT. I dropped some tiny bits of Mysis into the box and he ate immediately so I know the flukes were really bothering him (plus his color looked way more vibrant immediately).
I got the QT set back up (40 breeder which I only filled ~25 gallons of). I added a powerhead, spong filter rated for 40 gallons, soaked in Dr. Tims and an air stone. The 25 gallons is all freshly mixed water. I got everything up to temperature and moved the tang over out of the little holding pen and into the QT. I immediately dosed with Prazi to ensure i'm killing any other flukes on him.
This morning I got up and the tang is swimming around and his color looks great, but this spot where the flukes were attached is blotchy and white. I couldn't get him to eat, but I know that's not uncommon in the prazi. Does this ever heal / go away? I do have Furan-2 + RubyRally on hand. I was thinking about doing some antifungals / anti-bacterial once the prazi is done in 4-5 days. Anybody ever seen anything like this before? Sorry about the poor shot - took this on my iphone. Will try to get the camera out later and get some better ones.
My fish finished their copper treatment and I moved them to a clean tank for observation. Everyone is healthy and happy except for the tang who has been scratching badly for 24-48 hours.
I noticed yesterday the Tang had black splotches on him. I continued to monitor him through the day and by yesterday evening, he was starting to act strange (lethargic, swimming up by the surface more than usual, not eating). I feared the worst and suspected Velvet but he didn't have any spots on him aside from the black marks.
I performed a freshwater dip and within seconds of putting him in TONS of flukes started pouring off him. I kept him in for ~5 minutes and the spot on his side changed from black to white. I got him out of the freshwater and moved him back into some salt water with an aerator while I re-setup my QT. I dropped some tiny bits of Mysis into the box and he ate immediately so I know the flukes were really bothering him (plus his color looked way more vibrant immediately).
I got the QT set back up (40 breeder which I only filled ~25 gallons of). I added a powerhead, spong filter rated for 40 gallons, soaked in Dr. Tims and an air stone. The 25 gallons is all freshly mixed water. I got everything up to temperature and moved the tang over out of the little holding pen and into the QT. I immediately dosed with Prazi to ensure i'm killing any other flukes on him.
This morning I got up and the tang is swimming around and his color looks great, but this spot where the flukes were attached is blotchy and white. I couldn't get him to eat, but I know that's not uncommon in the prazi. Does this ever heal / go away? I do have Furan-2 + RubyRally on hand. I was thinking about doing some antifungals / anti-bacterial once the prazi is done in 4-5 days. Anybody ever seen anything like this before? Sorry about the poor shot - took this on my iphone. Will try to get the camera out later and get some better ones.
