Help me Id this disease

EZMAC114 · Jan 14, 2015

Jstn said:
Not big, 3" max Im just worried about stressing him especially since I killed the last three I removed...

Well I would try and move him but I understand your worry. What I would do is acclimate him to your qt and make sure he has PVC to hide in or rocks to hide behind. Keep lights out for a day or two if he seems stressed and put a seaweed clip in there with some food for him. What is your qt setup like? And how have you been acclimating the fish to qt? And make sure your qt parameters are good because they can get fouled up quickly.

Jstn · Jan 14, 2015

I used water from the DT tank, and a airstone filter. I also added stabile to help establish bacteria, I hade high NH3 this morning but mind you my fish died last night.

I think maybe leave the tang in the DT for a bit until I get the Qt sorted out (emptied new filter ect), I am still wondering how to QT and treat him, hypo vs copper vs ect?

EZMAC114 · Jan 14, 2015

Jstn said:
I used water from the DT tank, and a airstone filter. I also added stabile to help establish bacteria, I hade high NH3 this morning but mind you my fish died last night.

I think maybe leave the tang in the DT for a bit until I get the Qt sorted out (emptied new filter ect), I am still wondering how to QT and treat him, hypo vs copper vs ect?

Yeah I would definitely get the water quality sorted out before you add and if you don't see any signs of disease on your Yellow Tang then I wouldn't do any treatment...if something pops up then I would determine what treatment to go with depending on the symptoms. You can also get one of those Ammonia badges to put on your qt so you can easily see if it raises from 0ppm

Jstn · Jan 14, 2015

I agree, get the QT fixed, perhaps it will take a week to get a stable bacteria population and low NH3, Ill just change water from my DT into the Qt in the mean time. Once I feel its safe I will remove the tank and just observe, but run the DT fallow for the next 6-8 weeks. Then move the tang over and start restocking, If I dont see any problems with the tang I should not medicate, what if he is carrying a disease but shows no signs?

Jstn · Jan 14, 2015

EZMAC114 said:
Yeah I would definitely get the water quality sorted out before you add and if you don't see any signs of disease on your Yellow Tang then I wouldn't do any treatment...if something pops up then I would determine what treatment to go with depending on the symptoms. You can also get one of those Ammonia badges to put on your qt so you can easily see if it raises from 0ppm

Thanks!

EZMAC114 · Jan 14, 2015

Jstn said:
I agree, get the QT fixed, perhaps it will take a week to get a stable bacteria population and low NH3, Ill just change water from my DT into the Qt in the mean time. Once I feel its safe I will remove the tank and just observe, but run the DT fallow for the next 6-8 weeks. Then move the tang over and start restocking, If I dont see any problems with the tang I should not medicate, what if he is carrying a disease but shows no signs?

You can treat if you want to but I read an article a while back about not treating for fish diseases unless there are signs of the disease because it isn't always good for the fish.

Jstn · Jan 14, 2015

True but we can agree he is infected ?

EZMAC114 · Jan 14, 2015

If it's an external parasite and you don't see any signs on the fish they could still be in the gills but that usually causes rapid breathing. If the fish had it before and it was never treated it is likely that he could be carrying it but have a strong enough immune system that it won't affect him. So yeah I guess it's a possibility that he still has something

EZMAC114 · Jan 16, 2015

Any new updates?

Jstn · Jan 16, 2015

I just cleaned my QT tank and letting the bleach dry, I think I am going to try to catch my tang tongiht. He is really timid and hiding alot which leads me to believe he is still sick

NeuroticAquatics · Jan 16, 2015

I think I would run the QT hypo, as that will knock off some possible problems without exposing it to anything harsh, like copper. I have not seen anything showing that hypo is harmful.

Jstn · Jan 19, 2015

Pulled the tang, did a formyln bath last night and he was fine, woke up this am to this...

EZMAC114 · Jan 19, 2015

Was he in QT?

Jstn · Jan 19, 2015

Yes he was in QT after the bath, I had a sponge from my tank in there along with a NH3 badge, everything seemed fine maybe he was too far gone?

EZMAC114 · Jan 19, 2015

How'd he look before you put him in? Was he still eating?

EZMAC114 · Jan 19, 2015

Did you check your Nitrites as well?

Jstn · Jan 19, 2015

EZMAC114 said:
How'd he look before you put him in? Was he still eating?

No he stopped eating a day or two ago, I didnt check nitrates but the water I pulled from my DT was 0.2 and not feeding him, I think it should of been ok. I think the disease was just too far gone, I am thinking it was/is velvet.