Sick Yellow Tang

[brandomoore1819]

I currently have all of my fish in quarantine treating them with copper from and ich outbreak caused by stress from moving tanks I believe. They are on day 23 of 30. Today I went out and noticed that my yellow tang seems to have scales peeing the most noticeable is around its face but they are everywhere. I will post pictures and a video. I need help diagnosing and a coarse of action for treatment. Thanks in advance.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I currently have all of my fish in quarantine treating them with copper from and ich outbreak caused by stress from moving tanks I believe. They are on day 23 of 30. Today I went out and noticed that my yellow tang seems to have scales peeing the most noticeable is around its face but they are everywhere. I will post pictures and a video. I need help diagnosing and a coarse of action for treatment. Thanks in advance.

What copper level are you treating at and how are you testing the copper level?
Additionally are you monitoring ammonia level during quarantine?
I suspect a bacterial issue from water quality but an assumption and need to know-
When did this start?
I fish eating?
Is fish breathing normal or labored?

PLEASE Provide clearer/closer pics if possible

 

[brandomoore1819]

What copper level are you treating at and how are you testing the copper level?
Additionally are you monitoring ammonia level during quarantine?
I suspect a bacterial issue from water quality but an assumption and need to know-
When did this start?
I fish eating?
Is fish breathing noram or labored?

Using copper power at the recommended dose of 2.5 ppm. I use a Hanna copper tester. I have a seachem ammonia monitor reading 0. I change water every 3 days. It is eating mysis/brine mixed nightly and daily gets nori sheets. Breathing seems to be ok. Not sure why the video isn’t working. I noticed it tonight while feeding and mixing water to do a water change tomorrow.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Using copper power at the recommended dose of 2.5 ppm. I use a Hanna copper tester. I have a seachem ammonia monitor reading 0. I change water every 3 days. It is eating mysis/brine mixed nightly and daily gets nori sheets. Breathing seems to be ok. Not sure why the video isn’t working. I noticed it tonight while feeding and mixing water to do a water change tomorrow.

Please have the water tested with a NON-Api test kit and see what ammonia reading you/they get.
I will never trust a $7 badge to sustain $100's in fish. My last couple of years at my LFS, I gave these away as freebies once I saw how inconsistent they were. Theyre great the first couple of weeks.

 

[brandomoore1819]

Please have the water tested with a NON-Api test kit and see what ammonia reading you/they get.
I will never trust a $7 badge to sustain $100's in fish. My last couple of years at my LFS, I gave these away as freebies once I saw how inconsistent they were. Theyre great the first couple of weeks.

I have a salifert tester. I can do that. That being said this is the only fish showing these issues. Would that be normal for ammonia burns?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a salifert tester. I can do that. That being said this is the only fish showing these issues. Would that be normal for ammonia burns?

Not ammonia as it would also affect eyes (cloudy/hazy) and breathing
bacterial and even injury from netting would be culprits

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Sometimes, Neobenedenia flukes will look like little scales lifting up off the fihsh. Have you treated this fish with Prazi yet? You might consider that.

Just curious, do you know the history of this fish? With Hawaii closed to collecting, few large yellow tangs are being seen on the market.

jay

 

[brandomoore1819]

Sometimes, Neobenedenia flukes will look like little scales lifting up off the fihsh. Have you treated this fish with Prazi yet? You might consider that.

Just curious, do you know the history of this fish? With Hawaii closed to collecting, few large yellow tangs are being seen on the market.

jay

It’s a biota tang I’ve had for 9 months. No issues until the ich outbreak recently. I actually woke up this morning and tested ammonia with a sailfert tester and it was at 4ppm when my badge showed 0. I changed roughly 95% water. Done to an inch or so of water in the tank. Put 5 gallons back in and took it back out and filled back up. Im now showing 0 ammonia. I hope that was the issue. They have a week ti get to 30 days in copper. When I put them in “observation” I’ll treat with prazi to be safe although I really don’t think they have flukes going on. But I can also pull it and freshwater dip to find out.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

It’s a biota tang I’ve had for 9 months. No issues until the ich outbreak recently. I actually woke up this morning and tested ammonia with a sailfert tester and it was at 4ppm when my badge showed 0. I changed roughly 95% water. Done to an inch or so of water in the tank. Put 5 gallons back in and took it back out and filled back up. Im now showing 0 ammonia. I hope that was the issue. They have a week ti get to 30 days in copper. When I put them in “observation” I’ll treat with prazi to be safe although I really don’t think they have flukes going on. But I can also pull it and freshwater dip to find out.

Darn - 4 ppm ammonia is really high. Watch it to bounce back after the water change, you may need to add bacteria in a bottle.

Jay

 

[brandomoore1819]

Darn - 4 ppm ammonia is really high. Watch it to bounce back after the water change, you may need to add bacteria in a bottle.

Jay

I will be soon. It won’t do much changing water every 3 days though. They all come out of copper next week so I’ll start the turbo start in observation