I picked up a small (2-3”) purple tang 10 days ago. He looked clean at LFS. I say that not to imply he was healthy but to share he did not have these physical signs.
Upon putting him (her?) in, I noticed these stringy things within 24 hours. They look like long grains of sand with a slight bulge in the middle. Semi transparent.
After researching I chalked it up to mucus plugs but now I’m not so sure. Over a week later and they haven’t cleared up, and today I spotted one much larger (2-3x) the size of the others.
The tang acts totally fine. Is eating like a pig. Was not quarantined (I know, I know). Other tank mates include a baby hippo tang and two clowns who are showing no signs.
I do have a fair amount of debris in the tank, my flow seems to always want to kick up a small amount of sand and I’ve noticed when grazing he “puffs” up some sand on the rocks. So I assumed this was debris getting on him but they all look uniformly the same and seem to come and go in different spots.
I’m still leaning towards mucus plugs but the new larger one has me concerned. Extremely hard to get a good photo or video but I gave it my best shot. And first photo has a rough drawing of the shape I see with my naked eye.
I tried catching him for a dip but couldn’t get him.
Does this stand out as anything obvious to anyone?
Upon putting him (her?) in, I noticed these stringy things within 24 hours. They look like long grains of sand with a slight bulge in the middle. Semi transparent.
After researching I chalked it up to mucus plugs but now I’m not so sure. Over a week later and they haven’t cleared up, and today I spotted one much larger (2-3x) the size of the others.
The tang acts totally fine. Is eating like a pig. Was not quarantined (I know, I know). Other tank mates include a baby hippo tang and two clowns who are showing no signs.
I do have a fair amount of debris in the tank, my flow seems to always want to kick up a small amount of sand and I’ve noticed when grazing he “puffs” up some sand on the rocks. So I assumed this was debris getting on him but they all look uniformly the same and seem to come and go in different spots.
I’m still leaning towards mucus plugs but the new larger one has me concerned. Extremely hard to get a good photo or video but I gave it my best shot. And first photo has a rough drawing of the shape I see with my naked eye.
I tried catching him for a dip but couldn’t get him.
Does this stand out as anything obvious to anyone?