Yellow tang has no color white spots and missing fins

[Parrickt]

I rescued this fish when doing a reno at a house! Old owners left and new owners never moved in until construction was done leaving him all alone for who knows how long…. When I got him he looked a lot worse and certain people told me to just feed him and he should come back but it’s been 3 months now and is any of the damage reversabel

 

[vetteguy53081]

I rescued this fish when doing a reno at a house! Old owners left and new owners never moved in until construction was done leaving him all alone for who knows how long…. When I got him he looked a lot worse and certain people told me to just feed him and he should come back but it’s been 3 months now and is any of the damage reversabel

this unfortunately will be how the tang will look. Not sure what is meant with coming back. In part looks like aggression damage with fins and body. Same applies with HLLE. There will be restoratiion in part, but rarely full healing.
Best you can do is provide Good water quality with reliable test kits and diet as listed below (some items suggested- not every one):
LRS herbivore diet
Formula 2 flake and frozen
TDO Pellets
small plankton
Hikari Marine cuisine
Ocean nutrition veggie diet
spirulina brine shrimp
mysis shrimp
Prime reef
Nori seaweed basted with garlic extract

Add selcon vitamins to foods occasionally

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Thank you for rescuing this guy! Sometimes their fins grow back but he may never look fully “healthy.” The key is that you’re taking care of him now and the info that @vetteguy53081 gave you is good. He deserves a good life & it sounds like you’re giving him one.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I rescued this fish when doing a reno at a house! Old owners left and new owners never moved in until construction was done leaving him all alone for who knows how long…. When I got him he looked a lot worse and certain people told me to just feed him and he should come back but it’s been 3 months now and is any of the damage reversabel

Yep, that’s pretty classically how HLLE looks on yellow tangs. Sorry, I’ve had zero success getting to grow their fins back from this part - but you may be able to halt the progression and the fish will live many years…feed it well, good water quality and no carbon.
Jay

 

[Wasabiroot]

Poor guy. I'm happy he's pulled through so far after 3 months. Another thing you can do is keep him alone as long as possible. Other fish can cause stress. A stressed fish is a slower recovering fish.

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

Yep, that’s pretty classically how HLLE looks on yellow tangs. Sorry, I’ve had zero success getting to grow their fins back from this part - but you may be able to halt the progression and the fish will live many years…feed it well, good water quality and no carbon.
Jay

Jay, Why no carbon?

 

[exnisstech]

I rescued this fish when doing a reno at a house! Old owners left

This stuff just angers me to no end. Sure its just a fish but someone brought it into their home so they are responsible for its care since it is a living creature. Give it away, trade it in , even euthanasia is better than just being abandoned and left to starve IMO. Kudos to you for stepping up and rescuing it.

They had one in similar condition at my lfs for over a year. The dorsal fin never did grow back but the fish colored up and was healthy except for that. They eventually listed it for sale and someone bought it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Jay, Why no carbon?

Carbon can contribute to HLLE and if too much flush pigment. I use undersized portion of Chemipure Blue and coloration of mine are bright yellow:

 

[Parrickt]

this unfortunately will be how the tang will look. Not sure what is meant with coming back. In part looks like aggression damage with fins and body. Same applies with HLLE. There will be restoratiion in part, but rarely full healing.
Best you can do is provide Good water quality with reliable test kits and diet as listed below (some items suggested- not every one):
LRS herbivore diet
Formula 2 flake and frozen
TDO Pellets
small plankton
Hikari Marine cuisine
Ocean nutrition veggie diet
spirulina brine shrimp
mysis shrimp
Prime reef
Nori seaweed basted with garlic extract

Add selcon vitamins to foods occasionally

Not much I can do for his color then

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

Carbon can contribute to HLLE and if too much flush pigment. I use undersized portion of Chemipure Blue and coloration of mine are bright yellow:

For all fish or Yellow tangs specifically ?

 

[Icryhard]

Carbon can contribute to HLLE and if too much flush pigment. I use undersized portion of Chemipure Blue and coloration of mine are bright yellow:

May I ask what the fish in the left back is called? That's a beautiful fish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

May I ask what the fish in the left back is called? That's a beautiful fish.

Copperband butterfly

 

[vetteguy53081]

May I ask what the fish in the left back is called? That's a beautiful fish.

Mainly tangs and even rabbitfish

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not much I can do for his color then

Good water quality and diet are contributors to color. This fish has been through a lot and is thriving which is best news

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Jay, Why no carbon?

Often is the original cause of HLLE in tangs and many other fish. Here is an article about it:

Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE)

This article discusses studies performed regarding head and lateral line erosion in captive fishes. Specifically, carbon use and nutrition as they relate to this syndrome.

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

 

[Icryhard]

Copperband butterfly

The regular one? Yours looks different in color.

 

[vetteguy53081]

The regular one? Yours looks different in color.

regular. Its likely my lighting - I use Orpheks

 

[exnisstech]

The regular one? Yours looks different in color.

Hmm looks like my copperband unless your talking about the sale fin just below the CBB

 

[Icryhard]

regular. Its likely my lighting - I use Orpheks

Very dope with your lighting.

 

[Parrickt]

So I woke up today and this Tangs eyes went super cloudy he has some red spots on him now and is started to act like he went blind or something… not to sure what I need to do