Do you think my tang is going through what yours was? looks like he has what yours did? I’m new to the hobby and don’t want to lose him especially since the price skyrocketed on yellow tangs. When I first got him his color was so uniform and yellow. I also noticed his pectoral fins became a little red as well.
I really appreciate it. I mean he was fine when I first got him. But I know due to the lack of experience of fish keeping since I am a beginner I know I made quite a bit of mistakes starting with a quarantine tank but it was basically a qt observation tank because I got him from Marine Collectors through Elliot and he quarantines all of his fish ahead of time so I didn’t have to qt anything but I had no sand and just bio balls and the bacteria chemistry swing was all over the place. Plus bacterial bloom happened and the water got ***** cloudy so I ended up adding sand into the tank and everything stabilized instantly but I think due to my lack of knowledge of going back-and-forth here and transferring him to buckets stressed him out.
Make sure you don’t have a water quality issue (ammonia). If that is all ok, then this could be septicemia.Do you think my tang is going through what yours was? looks like he has what yours did? I’m new to the hobby and don’t want to lose him especially since the price skyrocketed on yellow tangs. When I first got him his color was so uniform and yellow. I also noticed his pectoral fins became a little red as well.
Thank you very much for your fast response sir I did a 100% water change last night at a salinity of 1.020 since i had him. He still eating but it seems like the reddish/brownish color is getting more visible by the day. Do you recommend me using kanaplex and focus in his food or directly in the water? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated as I do not want to lose him
In this case, the problem is external, so an antibiotic bath would work better than an oral dose. Kanaplex in the water would be a good choice - just follow the label instructions. Remember though, choosing an antibiotic is often just a guess - you want to use a b road spectrum, gram negative antibiotic, but each one has a different spectrum of activity, so there is no telling for sure which to use.
To Jay's point, did you check your ammonia?
Is he eating
I dosed the appropriate amount of kanaplextwo days ago and this is today. I honestly don’t think he’s going to make it...
