Dejardini Sailfin HLLE

EZMAC114 · Sep 25, 2014

So my Desjardini is showing the beginning signs of HLLE. I read a long article about it but there is no definite treatment answer. Has anyone had it and treated/stopped it successfully?? And will HLLE cause a fish to start flashing?

Thanks

Temp 80
PH 7.9
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10

EZMAC114 · Sep 25, 2014

Also I am feeding Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies, New Era algae pellets and he sometimes eats some krill shrimp when I feed my Niger Trigger

EZMAC114 · Sep 25, 2014

Bump!

Daniel@R2R · Sep 25, 2014

bump for evening crew

Mike&Terry · Sep 25, 2014

Can you post some pics? How long have you had the Desjardini? Any new tank mates?

Flashing is a definite sign of parasites.

Mike Paletta · Sep 25, 2014

Set up a filter using Ecosystem's Miracle Mud. I have used to reverse lateral line on fish that I got fro free because it was so bad. It has never failed to reverse it. I have it all the time in my refugium and it has always kept my fish from getting it.

KoleTang · Sep 25, 2014

Are you running activated carbon?

EZMAC114 · Sep 26, 2014

Mike&Terry said:
Can you post some pics? How long have you had the Desjardini? Any new tank mates?

Flashing is a definite sign of parasites.

I'll have to get some pictures tonight. I've had him for about 7 months and I just moved him from my 55 to my 180 and no new tank mates. I didn't notice any flashing last night but he definitely was the other night. And yes I am running Chemi-pure Elite...I've been running this for about 3 weeks now. I checked for stray voltage last night in all of my tanks and they all read about 90v...I'm going to check again tonight with a different meter just to be sure. When I checked the 180 it read 91v so I unplugged the heater and it jumped up to 107v and then I unplugged my pump and it went to 91v again....this is why I want to try a different meter. His only tank mates at the time is my Niger Trigger that never bothers anyone, 5 scarlet hermits and an Emerald crab. There were two clowns in there but one got eaten by the Emerald(I think) and the other went back into my 55 for now. He has been eating Julian Sprung's sea veggies since I bought him and I just recently added the New Era algae pellets about two weeks ago.

MIKE NY · Sep 26, 2014

HLLE can be a direct result from stress, poor water and especially diet....even though a fish maybe nice and fat if it's not getting the right nutriants HLLE can develop especially with tangs which need alot of algae in their diets...feeding it the sea veggies and alage pellets along with some meaty foods everyday is a good start in preventing any further spread. I'm currently nursing back to health an Emperor Angel which is a LFS rescue with HLLE and had poor coloration. After a few weeks of a good balanced diet consisting of Rods, Larrys products, clams on the half shell, PE Mysis, fresh Nori and fresh Ulva, I collected at the beach, its colors have dramatically improved and HLLE is looking better, but I dont expect it to fully recover because most fish when they get it will be left with some scar tissue....GL

EZMAC114 · Sep 26, 2014

Best picture I could get for now...you can see the marks around his eye

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Jayman · Sep 29, 2014

:nerd: Watching interested

EZMAC114 · Sep 29, 2014

What I am going to try first is to do a 20 gallon water change and change the type of carbon that I am using because I just started using Chemi-pure Elite and was told that the carbon is so powdery that it will leak through the nylon bag which I see has happened because it is on the bottom of my sump and when I top off my water it gets stirred up and pulled through the return pump up into the display tank. I have read and been told that carbon is a suspected reason that tangs get HLLE

Mike&Terry · Sep 29, 2014

If it were me, I would try to siphon out as much of the powder as possible and put a temporary 50 to 100 micron sock on the drain to help catch the free-floating particles.

Excellent advice from MIKE NY. I would also suggest soaking algae sheets in Selcon.

EZMAC114 · Sep 29, 2014

Mike&Terry said:
If it were me, I would try to siphon out as much of the powder as possible and put a temporary 50 to 100 micron sock on the drain to help catch the free-floating particles.

Excellent advice from MIKE NY. I would also suggest soaking algae sheets in Selcon.

Sorry I forgot to put in there that I am going to siphon out the carbon particles as well

cdness · Sep 29, 2014

Did you rinse the carbon before placing it in the sump?

I have cured a severe case of HLLE on our purple tang by using Melafix Marine and Epson Salts with good food in a QT tank...