I got great help here a few years back for my YWG & now I need help for my yellow tang Gary.
Gary’s been in my mixed reef for about 4 years & is fat and strong. Last Sunday I noticed he had one cloudy eye. My initial thought was an injury (it’s a peaceful community) and gave him Selcon-soaked nori. After a couple of days I noticed a few patches on his side & frayed pectoral fin & decided it was an indication of bacterial infection. So yesterday I started giving him Kanaplex-laced food. (He continues to eat very well. His colour/activity level seems unchanged. The only thing I noticed was this morning a few twitches) Finally today I saw there was definitely something on his eye and after doing further reading, decided on a 5-min fresh water dip. He got thru this like a champ & upon release swam like nothing had happened.
It does look like a handful of flukes (?) fell off including a sizeable one that peeled right off his cloudy eye.
Questions moving forward:
- I thought flukes were like tiny white sesame seeds? These are somewhat larger especially the one off his eye. Almost as big as his pupil.
(photo below)
- Should I dose Prazipro directly into my display tank? It’s a mixed reef with a fair number of acro
- Should I continue with Kanaplex? I was feeding this to him as I was reluctant to stress him out in a quarantine tank
Thanks very much for any input, suggestions etc.
Gary’s been in my mixed reef for about 4 years & is fat and strong. Last Sunday I noticed he had one cloudy eye. My initial thought was an injury (it’s a peaceful community) and gave him Selcon-soaked nori. After a couple of days I noticed a few patches on his side & frayed pectoral fin & decided it was an indication of bacterial infection. So yesterday I started giving him Kanaplex-laced food. (He continues to eat very well. His colour/activity level seems unchanged. The only thing I noticed was this morning a few twitches) Finally today I saw there was definitely something on his eye and after doing further reading, decided on a 5-min fresh water dip. He got thru this like a champ & upon release swam like nothing had happened.
It does look like a handful of flukes (?) fell off including a sizeable one that peeled right off his cloudy eye.
Questions moving forward:
- I thought flukes were like tiny white sesame seeds? These are somewhat larger especially the one off his eye. Almost as big as his pupil.
(photo below)
- Should I dose Prazipro directly into my display tank? It’s a mixed reef with a fair number of acro
- Should I continue with Kanaplex? I was feeding this to him as I was reluctant to stress him out in a quarantine tank
Thanks very much for any input, suggestions etc.