Achilles Tang

[Jim C]

My Achilles tang looks very pale and blotchy like the pic attached. It is in copper in my QT tank currently. Any ideas what it could be?

 

[lakai]

Pale just means its stressed out, usually poor water quality makes them turn white almost. Not sure of the blotchyness without a pic.

 

[Big G]

What kind of copper are you using?

 

[Jim C]

Pale just means its stressed out, usually poor water quality makes them turn white almost. Not sure of the blotchyness without a pic.

Thanks for the response. Not home at the moment. By blotchy I mean that dark mark that is on the fishes body in the picture I attached. It is identical.

 

[Jim C]

What kind of copper are you using?

Copper power 2 ppm

 

[Big G]

How long has the tang been at therapeutic level?

 

[lakai]

Thanks for the response. Not home at the moment. By blotchy I mean that dark mark that is on the fishes body in the picture I attached. It is identical.

I've never seen that dark spot on any of my achilles before so I wouldn't be able to give my opinion on that. Best of luck.

 

[Jim C]

How long has the tang been at therapeutic level?

2 weeks

 

[lakai]

Try doing a water change and redose copper power 6mls per bucket

 

[Big G]

2 weeks

Perfect. After 14 days you can remove the tang from the copper and place it into a sterile QT to observe for 2 weeks.