Tang skin sluffing

[dmc13]

I have been treating my tang for 3 weeks not in a QT tank with cupermine for ich.

It has been 2 weeks with a healthy looking fish until suddenly the tang started having flaky looking skin. (still in cupermine medication.)

Anyone see this before? It is impossible to get a good picture

 

[Reeferdood]

@Humblefish

 

[JoshH]

@HotRocks @4FordFamily @Amoo #Reefsquad

Just to add a few more experts to the mix

 

[saltyhog]

No expert here but I would be concerned about a bacterial infection with velvet also a possibility.

 

[Crabs McJones]

What level do you have your cupramine and what are you using to determine that level? Could be bacterial. What are your parameters

 

[HotRocks]

These fish notoriously wedge themselves places. So that can sometimes be the cause of the scrape looking marks.

Try to take a closer pic just above the tail and upload. I zoom in on the last pic you uploaded and I see redness which leads me to believe this is a bacterial infection.

If the fish was afflicted with ich or velvet prior to start of cupramine this could be a secondary infection from the wounds.

Do you have Kanaplex and Furan-2 on hand?

 

[Humblefish]

Lots of possibilities to consider here, some have already been mentioned above.

Brook is another one to consider: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/

 

[dmc13]

These fish notoriously wedge themselves places. So that can sometimes be the cause of the scrape looking marks.

Try to take a closer pic just above the tail and upload. I zoom in on the last pic you uploaded and I see redness which leads me to believe this is a bacterial infection.

If the fish was afflicted with ich or velvet prior to start of cupramine this could be a secondary infection from the wounds.

Do you have Kanaplex and Furan-2 on hand?

Went away for 3 days but is now back. I have switched from cupermine to paraguard.