Patchiness on purple tang?

[Areeflover]

Hey My purple tang has some discolored patches on it.. I’m thinking it’s a diet thing.. any ideas!

 

[4FordFamily]

Hey My purple tang has some discolored patches on it.. I’m thinking it’s a diet thing.. any ideas!

Hard to see much, can you take a photo with the blues off? Clearer photo?

Do you quarantine your fish?

 

[Areeflover]

He’s constantly moving it’s so hard to take a pic.. he’s purple and he just has spots of a different lighter shade of purple

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Are the spots always present? How long have they been there? Getting worse?

I cant tell anything from that photo, try for a better one

 

[Areeflover]

Are the spots always present? How long have they been there? Getting worse?

I cant tell anything from that photo, try for a better one

They are present I believe all the time.. for a week or 2 and no not getting worse.. it literally looks like discolored scales.. I looked it up and some people say cause he’s. Not getting enough protein.. and he was quarantined in cupramine for 2 weeks

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Improper nutrition can cause issues with coloration and stress. Stress also causes coloration changes so it could be that. A better picture would be good.

Tangs need protein, but as herbivores they are usually lacking plant material in their diet. I would feed as much nori as he will eat. Different colors and enhanced with something like selcon.

Flukes also come to mind, as they can leave little discolored spots.

 

[ca1ore]

Could be any number of things, including a stress reaction. It could certainly be nutrition, though could also be some kind of fungus infection. Best approach is as already suggested - feed a balanced diet that includes both nori and meaty foods.

 

[Areeflover]

Okay I feed a bunch of nori I need to feed more meats

 

[HB AL]

Maybe a reaction from the meds, i dont feed my tangs any nori but they get seaweed extreme pellets maybe twice a week but everyday they get frozen cubes of hikari, mysis, spiraluna brine, ocean plankton, and mega marine. So they are mostly on a meaty diet aside from the pellets and any algae they pluck of the rocks and all 4 of my tangs are as healthy as can be. Probably just temporary from the meds but your pics dont show what your seeing.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Try some LRS. The herbivore blend is my favorite.

 

[Areeflover]

Yeah he was in copper for 2 weeks and it’s so hard to see on pictures for some reason