Sick Blue tang

Oliver_85_85 · Mar 30, 2019

Hey everyone new member here , I need some advice with my blue tang who recently got sick , he currently is in a quarantine tank , its belly looks bigger than normal , I was told by another reef member that it may be internal worms and that I can treat with PRAZY PRO , Could be that? thanks in advance.

ScooterV · Mar 30, 2019

Is it still eating and acting normal otherwise? If eating, General Cure with Focus in the food would work better. Could also be constipated. Link below covers both:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/internal-pathogens.267419/

BestMomEver · Mar 30, 2019

It’s hard to tell. If you’ve had him for a while, you know they are silly buggers. They slip into the weirdest places. So swimming weird, in and of itself, does not necessarily mean he’s sick. Has he had any white poop or is his poop normal? White poop can mean a bacterial infection. Is he eating?

Oliver_85_85 · Mar 30, 2019

ScooterV said:
Is it still eating and acting normal otherwise? If eating, General Cure with Focus in the food would work better. Could also be constipated. Link below covers both:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/internal-pathogens.267419/

Yes it's still eating normal , I definitely will read all of those articles , thanks for helping.

Oliver_85_85 · Mar 30, 2019

BestMomEver said:
It’s hard to tell. If you’ve had him for a while, you know they are silly buggers. They slip into the weirdest places. So swimming weird, in and of itself, does not necessarily mean he’s sick. Has he had any white poop or is his poop normal? White poop can mean a bacterial infection. Is he eating?

He's been with me for a while , and yes seems like he is eating just normal , I will keep an eye for any changes and yes they are kind of silly lol , thank you so much both of you guys.

Frtdrmrose7 · Mar 30, 2019

You can dose 1 tablespoon of pure USP Epsom Salts per 5G or boil a pea and peel it. Feed the pea inners to the fish. Both will help get things moving. If you have ever noticed white stringy poop dose either Metro or General Cure+Focus+food+Garlic (masks taste of meds). Feed for 14 days to eliminate internal parasites.

Oliver_85_85 · Mar 30, 2019

Frtdrmrose7 said:
You can dose 1 tablespoon of pure USP Epsom Salts per 5G or boil a pea and peel it. Feed the pea inners to the fish. Both will help get things moving. If you have ever noticed white stringy poop dose either Metro or General Cure+Focus+food+Garlic (masks taste of meds). Feed for 14 days to eliminate internal parasites.

@frtdrmrose thanks for the input Sir.