What's wrong with my blue tang
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GHsaltie
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How long has it been looking like that and how long have you had the fish? Check out this thread and see if it looks similar https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hlle-head-lateral-line-erosion.259916/
Definitely try and get some pictures without the blue though.
Definitely try and get some pictures without the blue though.
GHsaltie
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Brew12
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Do you use a ground probe and/or GFCI on your tank?
Unfortunately, I can't tell anything from the picture. Let's bring @4FordFamily into the discussion if he is around. He has forgotten more about Tangs than I have ever learned.
Unfortunately, I can't tell anything from the picture. Let's bring @4FordFamily into the discussion if he is around. He has forgotten more about Tangs than I have ever learned.
4FordFamily
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That looks to me like HLLE.
Feed red nori, green nori, and soak a varied diet of drained frozen foods in selcon and over a few months they will likely heal up just fine. Maintain great water quality as that helps as well.
Do you use carbon? It's been discovered that it likely contributes to this as well. Hippo are particularly susceptible.
The picture isn't very good, so there may be something else going on there but for sure HLLE is present.
Feed red nori, green nori, and soak a varied diet of drained frozen foods in selcon and over a few months they will likely heal up just fine. Maintain great water quality as that helps as well.
Do you use carbon? It's been discovered that it likely contributes to this as well. Hippo are particularly susceptible.
The picture isn't very good, so there may be something else going on there but for sure HLLE is present.
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4FordFamily
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No problem, friend!
That's HLLE: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hlle-head-lateral-line-erosion.259916/
Hippo Tangs are very prone to it.
Hippo Tangs are very prone to it.
melypr1985
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Yes. That's HLLE for sure. A pretty bad case of it. he can come back from it but he may always be a bit scarred from it.
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pretty much just what's in the link posted above. Great water quality, low stress, excellent nutrition. High quality carbon as well.
Brew12
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If you do run carbon, make sure it is tightly packed so it cannot grind against each other and create dust.
There is some anecdotal evidence that stray voltage can cause HLLE. Do you run a ground probe in your aquarium?
There is some anecdotal evidence that stray voltage can cause HLLE. Do you run a ground probe in your aquarium?
Brew12
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It is a device that prevents dangerous voltages from building up in your aquarium. Either induced voltages or voltages from faulted electrical equipment.
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/vertex-titanium-grounding-pole.html
