Some help with identification

[TheReefAddict]

Can any one identify what this is behind my yellow tangs eye? How do I fix it?

 

[MnFish1]

It looks like damage of some sort - an abrasion, etc - or even a bite from another fish. How big is the tang, and your other fish?, etc. How long have you had him - QT?

 

[TheReefAddict]

I’ve had the fish for years. I’ve had all my fish for quite a while. I did add a long nose hawk last week. Tang is about 3-4 inches nose to tail.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’ve had the fish for years. I’ve had all my fish for quite a while. I did add a long nose hawk last week. Tang is about 3-4 inches nose to tail.

Would not doubt is hawk has antagonized this fish. While it looks like healing post-injury, keep an eye on it and assure its healing properly and not developing into anything bacterial or erosion type

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Can any one identify what this is behind my yellow tangs eye? How do I fix it?

Is it just on the right side?

Jay

 

[TheReefAddict]

It is only on the one side

 

[TheReefAddict]

Would not doubt is hawk has antagonized this fish. While it looks like healing post-injury, keep an eye on it and assure its healing properly and not developing into anything bacterial or erosion type

The hawk fish is tiny compared to the tang, do you think it would go after something at least 3 times its size? I guess I didn’t think it through when I bought the hawk fish.

 

[TheReefAddict]

Maybe a better picture?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Maybe a better picture?

That's a better picture - the reason I asked if it was on one side or both is to try and rule out head and lateral line erosion (HLLE). Trouble is, yellow tangs show this differently, and in rare cases, it can develop on just one side. Still, I've only seen one case myself of HLLE on one side of a fish, so I would lean towards this being an abrasion injury.
Treatment would only be needed if it is growing larger. The trouble is, treatment would require moving the fish to a treatment tank and dosing with antibiotics.

Jay


Jay

 

[MnFish1]

The hawk fish is tiny compared to the tang, do you think it would go after something at least 3 times its size? I guess I didn’t think it through when I bought the hawk fish.

It could - likely - it wouldn't. Unless there was a territory issue

 

[MnFish1]

That's a better picture - the reason I asked if it was on one side or both is to try and rule out head and lateral line erosion (HLLE). Trouble is, yellow tangs show this differently, and in rare cases, it can develop on just one side. Still, I've only seen one case myself of HLLE on one side of a fish, so I would lean towards this being an abrasion injury.
Treatment would only be needed if it is growing larger. The trouble is, treatment would require moving the fish to a treatment tank and dosing with antibiotics.

Jay


Jay

Jay. I would watch - and assuming it's a fight let it solve itself - watching carefully for any redness, etc. Comments?