Purple tang not looking right.

[Deiby Garcia]

 

[Big G]

HLLE

HLLE (Head & Lateral Line Erosion)

Head & Lateral Line Erosion "HLLE": Symptoms - HLLE literally looks as though the skin is rotting or peeling off the fish. Affected areas usually include the face and lateral line, and may be white in color. Treatment options - This is more of a condition than an actual disease. Since no one...

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[Deiby Garcia]

Hello. I need help from our members. Anyone seen this before on a purple tang. He used to be full purple color. I had some fish with flukes and I'm currently doing a hyposalinity treatment on them. Water level is currently at 1.014. All other fish in the quarantine were similar but all have gotten way better. They're eating and look normal. Trying to figure out what's wrong with him. He has not eaten in 4 days and is breathing faster than normal. Help!

 

[vanpire]

HLLE

HLLE (Head & Lateral Line Erosion)

Head & Lateral Line Erosion "HLLE": Symptoms - HLLE literally looks as though the skin is rotting or peeling off the fish. Affected areas usually include the face and lateral line, and may be white in color. Treatment options - This is more of a condition than an actual disease. Since no one...

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I agree with this analysis.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Lateral line disease. Often associated with poor diet, water quality or both.
What is your tank salinity ?
Diet should be at minimum:
Nori seaweed basted with garlic
Spirulina brine shrimp
Formula 2 flake and frozen
mysis shrimp
plankton
LRS herbivore diet

Add garlic and selcon vitamins to feedings

 

[Big G]

Hello. I need help from our members. Anyone seen this before on a purple tang. He used to be full purple color. I had some fish with flukes and I'm currently doing a hyposalinity treatment on them. Water level is currently at 1.014. All other fish in the quarantine were similar but all have gotten way better. They're eating and look normal. Trying to figure out what's wrong with him. He has not eaten in 4 days and is breathing faster than normal. Help!

Breathing fast can be from stress or parasites. What's the tank setup like? How many fish, etc.

 

[Deiby Garcia]

It's a 65 gallon quarantine tank. Bare bottom with a total of 6 fish. These fish were in my display tank and I have them in quarantine because they got flukes but that was 2 months ago. I've left my display tank fallow waiting until May 11th to put them back. They were all fine but now the purple has shown up with this for the past 3 days. He's not eating either. He acts like he wants to get the brine and swims to it when they pass by him but won't bite.

 

[Big G]

Any other foods to offer the tang?

Any aggression in the tank?

 

[Deiby Garcia]

You name it. I've offered it. Nori, frozen brine, NLS pellets, frozen mysis, Reef frenzy everything he used to go nuts for when i fed before. He just swims to it and goes away. I'm worry because it's now 4 days no eating. He used to be so beautiful. A really dark purple, almost black. So frustrating.

 

[Deiby Garcia]

Good news. I put a dose of Triple Sulfa and after 24 hours he's eating again. He's back to going nuts after food. Starts chasing me begging for food when i stand in front of tank. Still has the markings but at least he's eating again.