Kole Tang Bacterial Infection?

[mynameisnick4]

I woke up to this morning to my Yellow Eye Kole Tang in distress, breathing heavily and sticking to one spot in the tank. Then I noticed abrasions/marks on one side. Prior to today he has been eating and acting fine, I do not recall the marks being there. Does this look like a bacterial infection? I tried to get pictures but my phone is awful at taking pictures of the tank.

As far as any changes to the tank, the last fish added was a Foxface on 10/5 who went through nearly two months of QT, 30 days of which were through copper. Every other fish has been QTed through copper. The Kole Tang itself has been in the tank since February.

 

[Maritimer]

It looks like something that - if it's not infected now - could very easily become infected. I'm a tad outta the loop on which antibiotics come the most highly recommended these days - @Jay Hemdal is probably your best bet for that information.

All of the antibiotics would require a quarantine tank - can you get one set up, in case it's needed?

~B.

 

[mynameisnick4]

It looks like something that - if it's not infected now - could very easily become infected. I'm a tad outta the loop on which antibiotics come the most highly recommended these days - @Jay Hemdal is probably your best bet for that information.

All of the antibiotics would require a quarantine tank - can you get one set up, in case it's needed?

~B.

My QT tank is currently occupied by a Six Line Wrasse that is about to start copper, I also don't know if I would even be able to catch him in my tank. I think anything that requires me taking him out of the tank will be hard.

 

[Maritimer]

No doubt it will ... but I don't think that antibiotics will work well in your display . . .

~B.

 

[mynameisnick4]

Unfortunately he died sometime in the night. My main concern now is if there is something contagious in the tank. I don't see how there could be as I have been super strict with QT since getting the tank wiped almost exactly 1 year ago to velvet.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Sorry, for some reason I missed your post until just now...

Whatever this was, it moved too quickly to have been able to treat it...

While first indication would be a bacterial infection, those don’t start up in long term captives without some sort of a reason. And then, they usually don’t cause mortality for a few days. Uronema is another possibility. How do your other fish look today?
Jay

 

[mynameisnick4]

Sorry, for some reason I missed your post until just now...

Whatever this was, it moved too quickly to have been able to treat it...

While first indication would be a bacterial infection, those don’t start up in long term captives without some sort of a reason. And then, they usually don’t cause mortality for a few days. Uronema is another possibility. How do your other fish look today?
Jay

Everyone else seems healthy and eating as the normally would, I am keeping a close eye out.