wierd problem with fish please help

[mikey_p]

so ive had my tank running for almost a yr now with no problems until today i woke up and my atlantic blue tang skin looked like he had a sunburn goin on n was swimming poorly so i took him out before he died in my tank but im clueless to whats going on he was the only one that looked like that levels in tank are
ammonia 0ppm
nitrate 5ppm
nitrite 0ppm
ph 7.8

any idea whats going on with my tank have not done nething new to tank

my 2 clowns , sixline wrasse, madarin goby, and pink spot goby all seem fine as do my 2 coral banded shrimp and my corals

 

[Shep]

Could it be lateral line erosion (LLE)?

 

[Cherim7]

Any coral that could've maybe stung him at night accidentally?

 

[TJ's Reef]

Any coral that could've maybe stung him at night accidentally?

Would be my guess as well. Large Euphyllia species, Elegance or Anemone ???


Cheers, Todd

 

[mikey_p]

corals are a hammer frogspawn some gsp some zoas a ricordia n some red mushrooms

 

[TJ's Reef]

Could very well have tangled with or slept in the Frogspawn or Hammer which are both Euphyllia species. At night they have feeding tentacles out and are at their most of a threat to Fish or ???


Cheers, Todd

 

[Afishionado]

I second on the euphyllia entanglement.

 

[mikey_p]

ya i think thats what it was cause i noticed my sailfin had the same thing going on and he was near the frogspawn the nite before thanks for the help guys