Fluke ? Help!!!

[BannerFish]

Hi

I'm in the process of stocking up my 1000L tank. I built the tank more than a year ago but due to my work i was unable to stock the tank properly.

I had the tank running for about 8 months only with anemones and other inverts.

about 3 months ago i added my first fish a tang(Scopas). This guy was added only after a 15minute freshwater dip. In the DT he was perfect, eating well etc. about 2 weeks ago i added a cleaner wrasses and a sand sifting Goby. New additions were after 4weeks of hypo salinity and observation. there was nothing wrong with these 2 fish when i added them.

today when i checked the tank the tang is missing. [it has not jumped out i checked]

wrasses and the Goby are just fine behaving as normal.


I'm ripping my hair off trying to figure out what happen to the tang? I'm thinking, could it be fluke ?
the reason why i think it could be fluke is there was a slight protrusion on the stomach, didn't look normal. but the fish was as normal, eating well.

if it is flukes case do i catch the other 2 fish and teat them and leave DT fallow?

I have 2 Purple tangs and 1 stripped tang and some more wrasses in the QT. I don't want to take a chance.

please advice

thanks

Faz

 

[Flippers4pups]

Hi

I'm in the process of stocking up my 1000L tank. I built the tank more than a year ago but due to my work i was unable to stock the tank properly.

I had the tank running for about 8 months only with anemones and other inverts.

about 3 months ago i added my first fish a tang(Scopas). This guy was added only after a 15minute freshwater dip. In the DT he was perfect, eating well etc. about 2 weeks ago i added a cleaner wrasses and a sand sifting Goby. New additions were after 4weeks of hypo salinity and observation. there was nothing wrong with these 2 fish when i added them.

today when i checked the tank the tang is missing. [it has not jumped out i checked]

wrasses and the Goby are just fine behaving as normal.


I'm ripping my hair off trying to figure out what happen to the tang? I'm thinking, could it be fluke ?
the reason why i think it could be fluke is there was a slight protrusion on the stomach, didn't look normal. but the fish was as normal, eating well.

if it is flukes case do i catch the other 2 fish and teat them and leave DT fallow?

I have 2 Purple tangs and 1 stripped tang and some more wrasses in the QT. I don't want to take a chance.

please advice

thanks

Faz

It's possible the Scopas had intestinal parasites. Any observation of white stringy poop from it?

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