HLLE or normal ? YT

[NowGlazeIT]

Well, I think mine should yellow up in a year or two. Time will tell. I’m 50/50 about the adding to DT

If you don’t add it that’s fine just make sure there’s plenty of territory for him and the six line to swim through. Add caves or something to kill of that dead space. That dead space just welcomes all the sparing

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Or maybe just a divider so they don’t interact

 

[radreef02]

Or maybe just a divider so they don’t interact

I was going to add her to DT earlier but I wanted to give the DT time to see how it goes with the clowns and they held up good . Might give it a shot

 

[JumboShrimp]

I do ‘not’ run carbon in any tank that have Tangs. I learned about HLLE the hard way.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I always run carbon, and I’ve had many tangs over the years. Never had hlle, velvet yes, ich sure all the time, cloudy eye on one occasion but never hlle. Fwiw I use rox carbon, in a reactor.

 

[JumboShrimp]

I know it’s a controversial topic, and nothing seems definitive; all I can say, personally, is that I have a Yellow Tang, Purple Tang, and Blue-Eyed Kole Tang in perfect condition now that I avoid carbon. In my past, carbon appeared to have a correlation to HLLE. Let’s just say I don’t want to risk ‘jinxing’ a good thing. Lol. Best wishes to all, whichever way you go.

 

[Lividfanatica]

I know it’s a controversial topic, and nothing seems definitive; all I can say, personally, is that I have a Yellow Tang, Purple Tang, and Blue-Eyed Kole Tang in perfect condition now that I avoid carbon. In my past, carbon appeared to have a correlation to HLLE. Let’s just say I don’t want to risk ‘jinxing’ a good thing. Lol. Best wishes to all, whichever way you go.

This topic has me VERY intrigued as i build out my larger tank as i hope to have many tangs (never an issue in a small tank). More research is required...i'm sure there are other threads about this i can dig up. Sorry OP for the thread hijacking and best of luck with your YT!

 

[radreef02]

This topic has me VERY intrigued as i build out my larger tank as i hope to have many tangs (never an issue in a small tank). More research is required...i'm sure there are other threads about this i can dig up. Sorry OP for the thread hijacking and best of luck with your YT!

Haha no worries . I like to learn .

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Yellow tang in 20L qt with a six line.

eats like crazy, nothing abnormal about her

Is this something starting to develop or just normal ?

Epithelial thinning is pretty common in these Biota tangs:

Captive-Bred Yellow Tangs - showing HLLE? - CORAL Magazine

I've seen photographs of wild Black Tangs, taken with flash photography, where they show what looks like classic HLLE lesions, but which is simply due to the camera flash.

www.reef2rainforest.com

Jay Hemdal

 

[Lividfanatica]

Epithelial thinning is pretty common in these Biota tangs:

Captive-Bred Yellow Tangs - showing HLLE? - CORAL Magazine

I've seen photographs of wild Black Tangs, taken with flash photography, where they show what looks like classic HLLE lesions, but which is simply due to the camera flash.

www.reef2rainforest.com

Jay Hemdal

Wow, double whammy Jay! That link addresses both the HLLE question as well as carbon potentially driving HLLE.

 

[JumboShrimp]

This was a terrible, terrible experience that I never want to repeat. I frequently ran a large carbon reactor (seeking ‘crystal clear’ water.) I now use a UV instead. Just sayin’ .