corey.nolta
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Just did a water change and was checking everything out and noticed TONS of black pin prick spots all over my yellow tang. :-/
Now, I'm hoping and praying that it is just crap that I stirred up and scrubbed off the rock prior to the water change sticking to his mucus membrane, but knowing my luck probably not. Plus they are all uniform in size.
He is about a month old in my tank and came from another members tank (had him a few years). I did not quarantine him as it was kind of a last minute deal that I came across when I was out of town and did not have anything set up for a qt tank when I got home late that night.
He was skittish at first in my set up, so I'm at the tank all the time observing him and getting him used to being out and not hiding when someone is around. He has never showed any signs of stress, scratching, quick or labored breathing, and I have never noticed any spots before. He also eats like pig. I feed nori daily which he just obliterates and once a week I add a few drops of garlic to the nori. He also eats the flakes, pellets, and meat when I feed the tank that. So in short, has a pretty good diet and seems healthy to me.
I've read that black ich is much less fatal/aggressive than regular ich. So my question is, am I okay to not take action for a day or so to make sure its not just crap stuck to him? I'd hate to stress him out (and the other fish) trying to catch everyone and give them a dip and move them into a qt tank, if there is no need to.
Halp! ;Facepalm;Sorry
Now, I'm hoping and praying that it is just crap that I stirred up and scrubbed off the rock prior to the water change sticking to his mucus membrane, but knowing my luck probably not. Plus they are all uniform in size.
He is about a month old in my tank and came from another members tank (had him a few years). I did not quarantine him as it was kind of a last minute deal that I came across when I was out of town and did not have anything set up for a qt tank when I got home late that night.
He was skittish at first in my set up, so I'm at the tank all the time observing him and getting him used to being out and not hiding when someone is around. He has never showed any signs of stress, scratching, quick or labored breathing, and I have never noticed any spots before. He also eats like pig. I feed nori daily which he just obliterates and once a week I add a few drops of garlic to the nori. He also eats the flakes, pellets, and meat when I feed the tank that. So in short, has a pretty good diet and seems healthy to me.
I've read that black ich is much less fatal/aggressive than regular ich. So my question is, am I okay to not take action for a day or so to make sure its not just crap stuck to him? I'd hate to stress him out (and the other fish) trying to catch everyone and give them a dip and move them into a qt tank, if there is no need to.
Halp! ;Facepalm;Sorry
