Purple Tang Help
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srva80xx
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Yes.. they are like splotches.. No signs of ich or other spos that I could see.. I have all my fish in QT preparing for a cupermine treatment
If no dots are present, which would confirm the presence of ich, velvet or black ich; then there are a few other possibilities to consider.
- Flukes: Neobenedenia species will crawl/feed on the skin and are usually not just confined to the gills. A FW dip would be required to confirm their presence.
- Another disease is popping up: something like a bacterial disease/infection or Brooklynella is about to rear it's ugly head. But I'm not 100% sure of that because:
- Could just be stress spots. I've seen cases where dark colored tangs get these strange white splotches and then they just suddenly disappear without any treatment.
srva80xx
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I did the initial does of cupermine last night. He has already been through prazipro once. Would you recommend continuing the cupermine or aborting with a water change and moving to something else?
Did these splotches show up before or after you started dosing Cupramine? I've also seen tangs have an adverse reaction to that.
srva80xx
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Before
I would stay the course (with the Cupramine) until we have something more to go on. How comfortable are you doing a FW dip? This would at least confirm/rule out the presence of flukes.
srva80xx
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Never attempted one... doesn't prazipro have taken care of flukes?
Most, but there are some species of Monogeneans that praziquantel is not effective on. How long ago did you treat with Prazipro? Did you do a second round, 5-7 days after the first?
srva80xx
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5 days.. have not done a second treatment yet. the other fish came in during the middle of the treatment.. I researched running prazipro and cupermie at the same time last night and though its not recommended,it appeared that they are quite a few people doing it.. thoughts?
While it is safe to do so, the presence of copper does lower the bioavailability of praziquantel. How much I do not know. Randy might know.
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
I have seen this with zebrasoma tangs occasionally and for me, reducing stress and feeding mixed and high quality foods have fixed the issue. Zebrasoma are very hardy, IMO Purple tangs are the hardiest of the group - even hardier than yellow tangs.
Nori. Give them access to it DAILY. (you can buy at grocer for human consumption much cheaper and my tangs actually prefer it to the stuff made for fish)
Mix several frozen foods together in a cup, microwave it for 1:45, drain it with a strainer (small holes so food doesn't pass through, just the nasty water it was frozen in). Mix in 10 parts garlic guard to 1 or 2 parts selcon. Feed as many small feedings per day as you can. Emphasis on small. Give them only what they can eat in about 60-120 seconds. Make sure they're getting food though (and that shy eaters aren't being out-competed, if they are you'll need to offer more food a bit fewer times per day). I try to feed 3x per day small feedings and keep Nori available.
Also, spectrum pellets are an asset as well. Formula two flakes also. I sometimes mix them in with my frozen foods to gain interest.
I also see this happen a lot in emperor angels with stress.
Nori. Give them access to it DAILY. (you can buy at grocer for human consumption much cheaper and my tangs actually prefer it to the stuff made for fish)
Mix several frozen foods together in a cup, microwave it for 1:45, drain it with a strainer (small holes so food doesn't pass through, just the nasty water it was frozen in). Mix in 10 parts garlic guard to 1 or 2 parts selcon. Feed as many small feedings per day as you can. Emphasis on small. Give them only what they can eat in about 60-120 seconds. Make sure they're getting food though (and that shy eaters aren't being out-competed, if they are you'll need to offer more food a bit fewer times per day). I try to feed 3x per day small feedings and keep Nori available.
Also, spectrum pellets are an asset as well. Formula two flakes also. I sometimes mix them in with my frozen foods to gain interest.
I also see this happen a lot in emperor angels with stress.
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
I have often hypothesized that purple tangs could live in 100% urine if you added salt to it.
Like any tang though, upon initial purchase they are a bit tough but honestly mine have thrived in tanks with ich for years and never showed symptoms after initial addition - Ever.
Yellow and Sailfins nearly the same but not exactly. Desjardini seem hardier than sailfins IMO.
Like any tang though, upon initial purchase they are a bit tough but honestly mine have thrived in tanks with ich for years and never showed symptoms after initial addition - Ever.
Yellow and Sailfins nearly the same but not exactly. Desjardini seem hardier than sailfins IMO.
