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Purchased this yellow eye kole tang a couple days ago. No signs of stress/distress and eating well. He's in a 6-ft long, 150-gallon tank with some rocks, RTBA, and a few soft corals, as well as a blue hippo tang, two clownfish, a sand sifting goby, and a flame shrimp. Wondering if he's scratched himself on the rocks, as he was shy/hiding the first day we got him. However, the second day, he has seemed to enjoy the tank, eating/grazing on algae often and swimming about.
When checking on the fish this morning, I noticed the skin looked splotchy on one side of the kole tang and seems to be getting slightly worse over the course of the day (see the tail-half of the fish in the photo). In the process of setting up a QT now, but could use some advice/guidance, since I've have not encountered this issue before.
Checked out other threads, but didn't find one that had similar symptoms. Other threads seem to be dealing with a bacteria that caused discoloration. This skin issue does not appear discolored, but a lighter color of the skin.
When checking on the fish this morning, I noticed the skin looked splotchy on one side of the kole tang and seems to be getting slightly worse over the course of the day (see the tail-half of the fish in the photo). In the process of setting up a QT now, but could use some advice/guidance, since I've have not encountered this issue before.
Checked out other threads, but didn't find one that had similar symptoms. Other threads seem to be dealing with a bacteria that caused discoloration. This skin issue does not appear discolored, but a lighter color of the skin.