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Disease ID on naso tang
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Don't they lose their slime coat in FW?
Just squirt a little tank water in there to raise the pH. You have to use "baked" baking soda to manually raise pH (see below).
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The pattern is the exact same on both sides....unless these are some really OCD pathogens, I think we can rule that out.
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Just to follow up on a couple of items given this all started in a previous thread. How long have you had the Naso? How long after you got him before the 1st set of larger spots showed up? I'm just wondering if there may have been some trauma during capture, transport, and then release into your tank. Most fish I have found don't go peacefully 
My PBT had similar looking spots (1st thread) after I had to handle him for a prolonged period doing fish CPR (holding him into powerhead and slowing moving him in the tank most likely due to edema of his gill tissue as a result of ich. All the places where my fingers made prolonged contact showed some "sores" most healed or showed signs of healing after a day or two. Given the odd patterning in this 2nd case and so soon after the 1st just wonder if he/she may have sustained some injuries in transport that took some time to manifest, sort of like a bruise can take a day or 2 to be visible. Just a thought and if it is not getting worse and the fish is not in any distress and no signs of it spreading in the tank I think the suggestion to observe may be a good one. I would be looking at the fish very closely each day to look for signs of improvement or deterioration and especially secondary bacterial infection. Make sure to feed well with lots of veggies and vitamin enriched frozen foods to keep the fish in the best shape and hope this heals on its own. Just wondering if this could have been minor dermal abrasions and bruising that took some time to show sort of like pealing skin after a sun burn where the injury is not real obvious until a few days later as the dead tissue begins to be sloughed off.
Just a suggestion assuming this fish is still new and has not been in the tank for weeks to months.
My PBT had similar looking spots (1st thread) after I had to handle him for a prolonged period doing fish CPR (holding him into powerhead and slowing moving him in the tank most likely due to edema of his gill tissue as a result of ich. All the places where my fingers made prolonged contact showed some "sores" most healed or showed signs of healing after a day or two. Given the odd patterning in this 2nd case and so soon after the 1st just wonder if he/she may have sustained some injuries in transport that took some time to manifest, sort of like a bruise can take a day or 2 to be visible. Just a thought and if it is not getting worse and the fish is not in any distress and no signs of it spreading in the tank I think the suggestion to observe may be a good one. I would be looking at the fish very closely each day to look for signs of improvement or deterioration and especially secondary bacterial infection. Make sure to feed well with lots of veggies and vitamin enriched frozen foods to keep the fish in the best shape and hope this heals on its own. Just wondering if this could have been minor dermal abrasions and bruising that took some time to show sort of like pealing skin after a sun burn where the injury is not real obvious until a few days later as the dead tissue begins to be sloughed off.
Just a suggestion assuming this fish is still new and has not been in the tank for weeks to months.
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Thanks....I assume the first injury and current issue are seperate. The fish has been in captivity for over a year. The current issue has a pattern that is exact on both sides. This pretty much rules out a parasites and I would think it would also rule out anything bacterial. It might be something the fish is actually doing....
Unless, that area of the body, on both sides simply has a heavier slime coat or something of that nature....
Really a strange situation. I was hoping someone has seen something similar.... I really don't want to take any measures at all until either it can be identified or if he stops eating.
Unless, that area of the body, on both sides simply has a heavier slime coat or something of that nature....
Really a strange situation. I was hoping someone has seen something similar.... I really don't want to take any measures at all until either it can be identified or if he stops eating.
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sorry I thought you just got this fish from another individual. I was referring to the capture and transport from their tank to your's. If you have had this fish for a year than my thought probably doesn't hold water unless the fish is injuring itself in the tank. Just doesn't behave like a normal disease with that whole area on each side unaffected that is why I was thinking a injury on the top and bottom where they would more likely be rubbing from net, bag, acclimation bucket etc. Just a thought as this has been a bit of a stumper for all thus far.
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I did purchase it from someone about 3 months ago but the catch and release was very smooth
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So I posted this on another forum to get more eyes on it and one person thinks its velvet....could that be?
It kinda looks like velvet, but if it was in fact velvet all your fish would be dead by now.
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Maybe their immune
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Thats true.
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Although right now I only have a yt ht and 5 chromis in my dt
Yellow Tang? Hippo Tang? And this Naso Tang, right? There's no way all 3 would have developed temporary (6 month) immunity to velvet. Brook might be another story, however.
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Definitely a possibility. I gave him a FW dip today. Feel bad keeping him a 20L for now
How long was the FW dip for? Any signs of flukes? Did any of the "things" come off his skin following the FW dip?
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I did it for 5 minutes. Didn't see anything come off.....the skin looked similar after but its hard to tell as I don't have a light on my hospital tank.
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So I added half dose of copper yesterday and today he's really bad. Lying on his side breathing very heavily.
I would like to try hypo. How quick can I reduce the salinity to 1.009? I need to do something quick
I would like to try hypo. How quick can I reduce the salinity to 1.009? I need to do something quick
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Going down is easier on the fish than going up. You can do it pretty quickly, though i would take the day to do it.
