Purple Tang and lateral line disease

[JetStarheart]

My tang has lateral line. I was told that activated carbon or stray voltage are or were probably the culprit. I did away with the carbon. Hes no worse now. My question. Hes eating well and swimming no problem. Will l he ever color back up? He is my pride and joy right now. Got him as a Christmas to me present.

 

[revsgirl]

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Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream! Tonya

 

[eliramos]

i just recently learned that carbon is actually bad for surgeonfishes, what are you feeding him currently how big is the tank, fellow inhabitants, params?

 

[Mike J.]

Read this and good luck. I do know that it is curable. I do not think that all carbons are the same. I ran carbon for years with tangs and never had HLLE.Marine Head & Lateral Line Erosion: A Description of the Syndrome and a Review of its Speculated Causes by Steven Pro - Reefkeeping.com

 

[ifarmer]

when i started using carbon for the first time three months ago. Three days later, I found my yellow tang was sucked into the MP40 for no reason.
wasn't sure carbon played any roll with it. the fish was healthy at the time.

 

[Quinn123]

Do you have a refugium? A refugium with mud and caulerpa would reverse the lateral line disease.

 

[Eienna]

I'm no expert, but it seems that excess nitrate and/or improper nutrition play a role in this disease. What are your parameters? What are you feeding?

 

[eliramos]

when i started using carbon for the first time three months ago. Three days later, I found my yellow tang was sucked into the MP40 for no reason.
wasn't sure carbon played any roll with it. the fish was healthy at the time.

yea look up the effects they have its pretty bad, but its more of a longterm effect that leads to discoloration, sickness, eventually the toilet. i dont think the carbon killed your tang overnight?

 

[JetStarheart]

Only parameter out of whack is my phosphate... I cannot get it under control. No refugium.. No carbon..feeding mysis shrimp,seaweed,krill,brine shrimp. And whaever it picks off the live rock..

 

[JetStarheart]

Will this lateral line eventually cure and reverse? Its not getting worse,but not improving either. Fish is active otherwise healthy and eating well

 

[Eienna]

Try feeding more algae. I have also heard of pretty good results healing HLLE by feeding New Life Spectrum.

 

[Angryreefer]

++new life spectrum

 

[spsgtr]

Bad cases won't go away completely. They end up with a scar