Blue tang hlle

[Perkthemacha]

Hi i recently bought a new blue tang and i think it has hlle disease. I have a 260 display tank that is treated with copper before. I dont plan on adding inverts or coral to the tang so i put copper in.

I have attach some pic of the fish below. Is it hlle disease? And how should i treat it?

 

[dwest]

I thinks it’s very minor if at all. I’m not an expert though but @Jay Hemdal is.

I would make sure he gets fed a lot of high quality frozen and pellet food and some nori every day.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi i recently bought a new blue tang and i think it has hlle disease. I have a 260 display tank that is treated with copper before. I dont plan on adding inverts or coral to the tang so i put copper in.

I have attach some pic of the fish below. Is it hlle disease? And how should i treat it?

Looks very minor to me, if at all. Copper doesn’t cause this, but using dusty carbon does.
Jay

 

[Perkthemacha]

I thinks it’s very minor if at all. I’m not an expert though but @Jay Hemdal is.

I would make sure he gets fed a lot of high quality frozen and pellet food and some nori every day.

How to train them to eat nori? All 3 tangs of mine doesnt touch nori at all. (Vlamingi, blonde naso and blue tang)

 

[Jase4224]

How to train them to eat nori? All 3 tangs of mine doesnt touch nori at all. (Vlamingi, blonde naso and blue tang)

Give them a day or two without food then put it on a clip. You could also try chopping it up like flake food and see if they go for it. Sometimes it takes fish a few goes before they recognise and like a new food.

 

[theMeat]

Would check all three possible culprits in the butt
-stop using carbon if you are
-check for stray voltage. A gfci outlet paired with a ground probe will immediately make you aware of this
-high quality diet

 

[dwest]

How to train them to eat nori? All 3 tangs of mine doesnt touch nori at all. (Vlamingi, blonde naso and blue tang)

I would use a clip and keep trying. They will eventually eat it.