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 had 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 do i catch the other 2 fish and teat them and leave the 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

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Did the protrusion look like it was internal (below the skin of the fish) or like something was attached to the fish?

 

[BannerFish]

Hi nautical

It was internal

Thanks
Faz

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

If it was internal, I don't believe it would be flukes, especially if you took the necessary precautions and QT'ed the fish.

 

[BannerFish]

Hi nautical

what do you mean by "if you took the necessary precautions and QT'ed the fish"?

Only thing i did was fresh water dip for 15 minutes and put it in the DT.

since this was the only fish for 3 months my DT was like a QT don't you think?


My worry is, is it safe to move the other fish from the QT to DT?

thanks

Faz