White film?

[radreef02]

Yellow tang had Ich weeks ago. I treated with polyplab medic and it’s gone away.

HOWEVER, ever since I’ve had him he randomly gets this white film all over him. Some days it’s more than others. No fish have any symptoms. I have kole, yellow, 2 clowns, 2 wrasses, 4 chromis

Here’s a pic

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yellow tang had Ich weeks ago. I treated with polyplab medic and it’s gone away.

HOWEVER, ever since I’ve had him he randomly gets this white film all over him. Some days it’s more than others. No fish have any symptoms. I have kole, yellow, 2 clowns, 2 wrasses, 4 chromis

Here’s a pic

This appears to be bacterial along with HLLE and both likely due to issues with water quality and diet
Assure your ammonia and nitrate are not elevated and diet consists of more than just flakes and pellets

 

[radreef02]

This appears to be bacterial along with HLLE and both likely due to issues with water quality and diet
Assure your ammonia and nitrate are not elevated and diet consists of more than just flakes and pellets

They are good levels. The tank went through stress from removing the blue tang cus he was tearing up my yellow and when I had to take convict out due to bacterial infection. (At least 1m ago)

So, his diet consist of vitamins(selcon) mixed in nori and he gets pellets

The problem is, all he eats is pellets. He ignored any frozen

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Yellow tang had Ich weeks ago. I treated with polyplab medic and it’s gone away.

HOWEVER, ever since I’ve had him he randomly gets this white film all over him. Some days it’s more than others. No fish have any symptoms. I have kole, yellow, 2 clowns, 2 wrasses, 4 chromis

Here’s a pic

Polyp Lab doesn't always cure ich 100% - maybe the fish has a chronic case?

I would think possible flukes, but this is a tank raised fish and unlikely to have flukes unless it caught them from one of your other fish, and those don't have symptoms, right?

jay

 

[radreef02]

Polyp Lab doesn't always cure ich 100% - maybe the fish has a chronic case?

I would think possible flukes, but this is a tank raised fish and unlikely to have flukes unless it caught them from one of your other fish, and those don't have symptoms, right?

jay

Fully understand, I just used the polyp as an aid in the fight. I gave up on treating ich. I QTd mainly to rid velvet but ich made it through so I’m managing it with big UV and low stress . Tank at first had 4 tangs and all were good but I had to take out convict to QT and Blue due to biting

No, ever since I stopped polyplab treatment they stopped doing any symptoms. The kole has never showed anything. The yellow is the only fish that shows white film, and also the only one that got ich in the past.

He eats like crazy, never shows anything but the white film

 

[radreef02]

Update. The white film is slimming away but it’s definitely HLLE. And a worm. What is this ?

Just bulged out today. Still eating amazing and pooping normal

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Update. The white film is slimming away but it’s definitely HLLE. And a worm. What is this ?

Just bulged out today. Still eating amazing and pooping normal

The HLLE is a bit different in these Biota fish, I call it “epithelial thinning”. Some of them grow out of it with good diets and lots of food.

I’m more concerned about that hole on the right side of its abdomen - any idea what caused that? Is there another tang in this tank?

Jay

 

[radreef02]

The HLLE is a bit different in these Biota fish, I call it “epithelial thinning”. Some of them grow out of it with good diets and lots of food.

I’m more concerned about that hole on the right side of its abdomen - any idea what caused that? Is there another tang in this tank?

Jay

Okay I wasn’t aware of that, I will continue to try to feed him different stuff and vitamins

Wasn’t sure if it’s a hole or a worm. It kinda sticks out. There is a kole tang in this tank that’s twice his size

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Okay I wasn’t aware of that, I will continue to try to feed him different stuff and vitamins

Wasn’t sure if it’s a hole or a worm. It kinda sticks out. There is a kole tang in this tank that’s twice his size

Could the Kole tang have swiped at it? It sure looks like a tang puncture to me.....

Jay