Hey everyone. I bought a Niger triggerfish, a Yellow Eye Kole Tang, and a small Annularis Angelfish about a month ago from live aquaria. I put them in a 60 gallon for now, and have a 125 gallon ready for them until I finish building their permanent home. They've all been fine since Ive had them, but today I noticed my Niger has a white spot on one of his eyes, and the annularis has slightly ragged fins. I'm not sure if I'm overthinking it and need to wait it out, or if I need to act now. The nitrates are less than 10, and I keep my tanks salt level at 1.025. The temperature is 78. No measurable ammonia or nitrite. Any input is greatly appreciated!
Are my fish sick?
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I tried to take some earlier, they decided not to cooperate with the camera. My lights automatically cut off at 8pm eastern time, so I will have to try and take some tomorrow as soon as I get home from work. Thank you for the quick replies so far!
Sounds like it could be flukes: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/flukes-–-general-guidelines.224423/
But I'd like to see pics, especially a closeup of the white spot on the eye.
But I'd like to see pics, especially a closeup of the white spot on the eye.
Well......I came home and found that the white spot on my triggers eye is completely gone, with no marks left to even show anything was ever there. Also, after taking at least 50 photos of the annularis I cannot seem to get one where she is still enough to see the fins. All of her pics are fuzzy.....I tried downloading a video, but the file is too large. They are all still eating, but the angels find still look a little rough. Is there anything that would cause the triggers eye to have white on it one day and not the next that would also cause rough find on the angel?
melypr1985
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Flukes are flat worms that can actually move around on the fish's body. That can cause it to appear to be there one day and gone the next when they probably just moved on to another part of the body. To check for flukes, you can do a freshwater dip on one of the fish. Flukes also open the door way to bacterial infections which tend to cause fins to look frayed like that.
Here's how to do that and what to look for.
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
I also wonder if some of the frayed fins are from a nasty Kole or aggressive Niger —- annularis aren’t very assertive. How large are the Kole and Niger relative to the annularis?
Thank you for the video! And thank you everyone for the replies and info. The angel is about half the size of the other two, but she seems to be dominant over the Tang and isn't scared of the trigger. I have a couple other tanks that are free if I see any reason to separate them or any aggression. I hope I did this right, but here is a video that I just took.
The angel seems about the same today, maybe slightly worse at most. The trigger is showing a little white on the left eye today, but not as much as the other day. The Tang seems to pretty much be unaffected.
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
Gosh it’s so difficult to see but I think I see what may be a large “fluke” on the eye of the trigger. The angel looks mostly healthy I had a real hard time noticing any issues on these fish.
I wouldn’t hesitate to treat with prazipro for flukes, and then copper or CP for ich before going in to your DT if you haven’t already.
