Naso tang emergency

[MoH]

While a picture *might* show something, there is something else you can do: take a look at the fish’s gills and either take a picture, or say if they look white, pink or red. Then put the body in a container of freshwater for ten minutes. Then look at the bottom of the container for any dead flukes.
Jay

Thanks Jay

doing that now here see the pics

 

[MoH]

Thanks Jay

I do not see any white pink or red in the gills. Looks mostly just gray and slight yellow tint

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Nope, too long dead to see anything, my guess is the gills will be pale as well. The one KEY diagnostic you can get from a fish this long dead is that it’s mouth isn’t gaping open. That would have been a sign of Gill disease or low oxygen.
Jay

 

[MoH]

Nope, too long dead to see anything, my guess is the gills will be pale as well. The one KEY diagnostic you can get from a fish this long dead is that it’s mouth isn’t gaping open. That would have been a sign of Gill disease or low oxygen.
Jay

im doing the freshwater dip is that pointless now also?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Probably, the flukes tend to bail off fish that are more than about 2 to 4 hours dad.
Jay

 

[MoH]

Probably, the flukes tend to bail off fish that are more than about 2 to 4 hours dad.
Jay

gotcha but if they were there I would have seen them in the specimen container the fish died in no? I isolated this fish in the small tank when it was still alive last night. I see no signs of flukes in the water.

 

[MoH]

A couple of the fish are out now and I opened some lights on dim. They seem fine to me