Yellow Tang not doing well. Thouhts

Aere · Mar 25, 2023

Just swapped my 300 gallon system over to a 600g. Stress induced disease? All my other tangs looks and are fine. But this seems sudden as he was fine yesterday.

MnFish1 · Mar 25, 2023

Have you by chance tested your water (I assume since the other fish are ok - that its not an issue). A couple thoughts - 1) could it have been injured with transferring. 2) Could you get a picture with white light? 3) This partly looks like stress coloration - i.e. the lights just coming on - or fear, etc. Are there any other symptoms - breathing, etc etc? I'm sure @vetteguy53081 will weigh in.

Aere · Mar 25, 2023

MnFish1 said:
Have you by chance tested your water (I assume since the other fish are ok - that its not an issue). A couple thoughts - 1) could it have been injured with transferring. 2) Could you get a picture with white light? 3) This partly looks like stress coloration - i.e. the lights just coming on - or fear, etc. Are there any other symptoms - breathing, etc etc? I'm sure @vetteguy53081 will weigh in.

He’ was breathing heavy. He just got trapped under a rock and I tried to move him. His body went into convulsions and he stopped breathing and died unfortunately. It did look like he had other tangs barb marks on him. Maybe someone was getting territorial in new tank? Tested parameters yesterday and everything was fine. Testing again shortly just to make sure.

Lost in the Sauce · Mar 25, 2023

I'm sorry to hear that.

It looks like either a bacterial issue which is unlikely due to the swiftness of onset, or like it was getting the snot beat out of it which you would have been able to notice.

MnFish1 · Mar 25, 2023

Aere said:
He’ was breathing heavy. He just got trapped under a rock and I tried to move him. His body went into convulsions and he stopped breathing and died unfortunately. It did look like he had other tangs barb marks on him. Maybe someone was getting territorial in new tank? Tested parameters yesterday and everything was fine. Testing again shortly just to make sure.

Sorry to hear!!

Uncle99 · Mar 25, 2023

Sorry to hear, the dorsal looks nipped quite well.
Clear signs of some level of dispute.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 25, 2023

Aere said:
He’ was breathing heavy. He just got trapped under a rock and I tried to move him. His body went into convulsions and he stopped breathing and died unfortunately. It did look like he had other tangs barb marks on him. Maybe someone was getting territorial in new tank? Tested parameters yesterday and everything was fine. Testing again shortly just to make sure.

Ive seen this quite a few times on tangs and not stress, at least in part but is Bacterial and Gram negative which acts faster and often you will see these patches as well as red streaks on fins, heavy breathing, cloudy eyes and requires treatment with Seachem Kanaplex or nitrofurazone which is often too late based on progression of the condition.
Sorry for loss , knowing yellow tangs are like gold in this hobby.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 25, 2023

MnFish1 said:
Have you by chance tested your water (I assume since the other fish are ok - that its not an issue). A couple thoughts - 1) could it have been injured with transferring. 2) Could you get a picture with white light? 3) This partly looks like stress coloration - i.e. the lights just coming on - or fear, etc. Are there any other symptoms - breathing, etc etc? I'm sure @vetteguy53081 will weigh in.

Arent you shoveling? We got hit with yet another dump of snow.
I would think poor Mn always gets it worse. I just got done

MnFish1 · Mar 25, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Arent you shoveling? We got hit with yet another dump of snow.
I would think poor Mn always gets it worse. I just got done

It's sunny and 45 here

. BTW - Are you sure you meant fembendazole? - thats normally a dewormer? And BTW 2 - I thought you were in FL?

vetteguy53081 · Mar 25, 2023

MnFish1 said:
It's sunny and 45 here. BTW - Are you sure you meant fembendazole? - thats normally a dewormer? And BTW 2 - I thought you were in FL?

Not yet-FL. . . . We have damage from Sept 29 and was told Jan-Feb before they got to us. I called in Early February and he said they are extremely short on materials. Im not worried about the roof which is tucked and windows which some broke but we had 3" of water and he expects Mold and new subflooring and then the tile which is the major issue right now. He's calling with an update April 4th which is quickly approaching

I see spell check got me- nitrofurazone