Lavender tang stress spots?

[brandon429]

I’m saying if you don’t pull them, fallow and treat the whole approach, they’ll die soon. We can’t ID what’s been brought in as well as we can track these same setups across posts for how disease manifests in mixed large fish systems. This is not being mean, I like this reef you’ve made a giant 300 gallon setup look as easy to handle and upgrade as a 40 gallon nano, but the rates of disease expression from the fish disease forum cannot be excluded here, they’re in effect currently

all you have read from the non quarantine group is coming undone, it’s because it only works in their reefs. For any other reef, it doesn’t work, that’s why they have zero work done in the fish disease forum but threads on their own tank range out 300 pages using all one tank example. Their method can’t work for others, it’s a full on lark of a method. When they control all the pics and disclosures in their focus thread, the option seems great.


there may be time to save this fish and the others though, you’ll need to suit up and get in and catch and get a qt tank. If you don’t want to I understand, my issue isn’t with you it’s with those who claim best practices in fish disease and are missing from every single page of work being done in the fish disease forum, their methods have terrible reproducibility but you can’t tell that in their personal tank threads it takes a read in the fish disease forum to see what’s clearly not in any single page or help option.

 

[Miami Reef]

I want to treat the fish. I really do. I just need to know what medicine to use to treat them with…and how will I keep my fish alive for 75 days? I need the best methods

 

[Miami Reef]

Will copper treat whatever this lavender tang has?

 

[Squidward]

I'm not sure but that doesn't look like a Lavendar Tang.

 

[Miami Reef]

I'm not sure but that doesn't look like a Lavendar Tang.

But it is. Purchased from Live Aquaria.

 

[Jekyl]

Will copper treat whatever this lavender tang has?

Do exactly what @vetteguy53081 said.

 

[Miami Reef]

I need to know if this if contagious to my other fish. Do I need to treat all fish or just this one?

 

[Squidward]

But it is. Purchased from Live Aquaria.

Curious do you have the liveaquaria photo? I have 3 and all have small spots by their face and they all show nice purplish color.

 

[Jekyl]

I need to know if this if contagious to my other fish. Do I need to treat all fish or just this one?

Go back to vetteguys post. He says what should be done.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I need to know if this if contagious to my other fish. Do I need to treat all fish or just this one?

Change water as if water quality is an issue, others will experience similar

 

[Miami Reef]

I remember a week ago this fish had big cuts on his flesh.

 

[Miami Reef]

Curious do you have the liveaquaria photo? I have 3 and all have small spots by their face and they all show nice purplish color.

They change colors based on mood. When my tang was happier he was a light color.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Will copper treat whatever this lavender tang has?

Jumping in on this late: the tang has a localized skin reaction to something. It isn't Trichodina, that's a freshwater fish disease. It could be nips from the other fish, but I would expect the fins to have some damage in that case, and they look clean. If it were a skin reaction to ich, I'd expect to see spots starting on some other fish. It could be a reaction to skin flukes. That is less likely to spread to other fish quickly, and is the most common cause for this. However, as another person said, I would wait to see haw it progresses. You might wat to get a QT set up and have some prazipro and copper ready to go though.

Jay

 

[Miami Reef]

He looks better overnight?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

He looks better overnight?

Looks to be, but blue lights tend to obscure details. Flukes won’t drop off like that overnight without treatment, and bite marks also won’t heal that fast (plus the instigators would still be in there, causing new spots). Ich trophonts do tend to drop off in sync early on in an infection, so watch for that.
Jay

 

[Miami Reef]

@Jay Hemdal

Please take a look at this video. Especially at the last second. Look at the dorsal fins. You can see thin discoloration as if the fin is peeling from inside out. Looks awful.

 

[TeamAquaSD Verified Sponsor]

Most likely being harassed by one of your other Tangs. Clown Tangs can be particularly aggressive.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

@Jay Hemdal

Please take a look at this video. Especially at the last second. Look at the dorsal fins. You can see thin discoloration as if the fin is peeling from inside out. Looks awful.

Ah, really sorry - I watched this four times, and even in slow motion I can’t see anything.

Jay

 

[Miami Reef]

Ah, really sorry - I watched this four times, and even in slow motion I can’t see anything.

Jay

Look at his fins. I took pictures.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

That’s clearer. As another person said, looks like bites from another fish. You may never see it happen - when you’re watching them, they behave better (grin). Also think about it - say there are ten bite marks that show up over two days. Each bite takes just a split second, you likely will never see it happen. Try watching from a darkened room, watch for furtive rushes, even if they don’t end n contact, the next one might land.
Jay