Tomini Tang Struggling :(

[malders]

My Tomini Tang is struggling to swim. Its mouth appears oddly open to me and seems to have some belly bloat. Any help on what to do here would be appreciated.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

malders Welcome to the Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis Forum!

The #fishmedic team and other knowledgeable members of our community will do our best to help you resolve your questions. Please provide as much of the following as you are able:

• Brief description of the issue you are observing and answers to the following questions:
  • How long have you had the fish with the condition?
  • Did you quarantine with medication when you first acquired the fish? (If Yes, which medication?)
• Current water quality measurements
• Clear photos of the issue taken using WHITE light and/or a short video of any behaviors (post in your response or on YouTube).

If you can help us by providing as much of the above info as possible, it will make diagnosing and providing recommendations for treatment MUCH easier! The Fish Medic team will get back to you as quickly as possible. In the meantime, other members of our community may also share their experience with similar situations and advice that they may have regarding your situation.

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[malders]

• Brief description of the issue you are observing and answers to the following questions:
  • How long have you had the fish with the condition? I have had the fish for 3 months
  • Did you quarantine with medication when you first acquired the fish? (If Yes, which medication?) The fish was medicated with copper, antibacterial, then prazipro
• Current water quality measurements - Nitrate is at 15 and phosphate at .1.
• Clear photos of the issue taken using WHITE light and/or a short video of any behaviors (post in your response or on YouTube).

At the end of a main display prazipro treatment due to flukes on another fish (convict). All other fish appear fine including other tangs (yellow, purple and convict) and a group of chromis.

I plan on performing a large water change this Sunday. I would be ok doing this earlier.

 

[MnFish1]

• Brief description of the issue you are observing and answers to the following questions:
  • How long have you had the fish with the condition? I have had the fish for 3 months
  • Did you quarantine with medication when you first acquired the fish? (If Yes, which medication?) The fish was medicated with copper, antibacterial, then prazipro
• Current water quality measurements - Nitrate is at 15 and phosphate at .1.
• Clear photos of the issue taken using WHITE light and/or a short video of any behaviors (post in your response or on YouTube).

At the end of a main display prazipro treatment due to flukes on another fish (convict). All other fish appear fine including other tangs (yellow, purple and convict) and a group of chromis.

I plan on performing a large water change this Sunday. I would be ok doing this earlier.

I was going to say 'flukes' based on the jaw position. I might separate that fish (or all of your fish) - and treat with another dose of Prazipro (sometimes it takes more than 2 treatments - and BTW which protocol did you use). Also prazipro may be less effective in the display-type tank - due to bacterial degradation. Hope this helps

 

[malders]

I am on the third dose of prazipro dosing every 3 days with 3 fl oz each. My total system volume is ~270 gallons. The tank is definitely cloudy at this time due to the prazipro. I could validate the flukes on the tang with a fresh water dip but am afraid that might just do the fish in for certain.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Can you post a video under white lights? I want to see its breathing rate.

 

[malders]

Attached is a video of the fish breathing.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Attached is a video of the fish breathing.

Oh - sorry, the tang looks moribund (actively dying). There isn't really anything that can be done for it at this point.

The swelling in the abdomen could be from an infection, which in turn has become systemic and is causing the rapid breathing.

Jay

 

[malders]

Yeah it went south fast. Thank you Jay and MnFish1 for looking and so quickly.