help me something is wrong with my tangs

[sweettooth162]

i have 4 tangs in a 400 gallon tank. they are loosing there facial scales and have ich which i am working on. they are also in there with some perc clowns which are fine and some chromis which are fine and the 2 4 striped damsels which have the same problem as the tangs ich/ facial scale loss. i was wondering if there is anything i could do and what is it called? all water readings are normal

 

[beth]

How are you treating the ick? Is your tank FO?
I would say the missing scales is most likely HLLE [head and lateral line erosion], however, since the fish are sick already with ick, it could also be leisions from the ick.
Give more details about what the missing scale areas look like.

 

[sweettooth162]

well the area around where the tangs and damsels have the facial scale loss looks like
an anenomies tenticles? but i should mention they the damsel with the same proplem don't 1 dosn't have ich but still has the loss of scales and the 1 tang has no signs of ich but still the facial scale rot. i don't know what we are using to treat the ich. see what we are doing is this is a resturant tank and we both are taking care of it. and well he has the ich med at his home. if i where to get rid of all the water and put in all new would that work. also it is a fowlr not a fo

 

[sweettooth162]

well the area around where the tangs and damsels have the facial scale loss looks like
an anenomies tenticles? but i should mention they the damsel with the same proplem don't 1 dosn't have ich but still has the loss of scales and the 1 tang has no signs of ich but still the facial scale rot. i don't know what we are using to treat the ich. see what we are doing is this is a resturant tank and we both are taking care of it. and well he has the ich med at his home. if i where to get rid of all the water and put in all new would that work. also it is a fowlr not a fo

 

[sweettooth162]

1. i know they have ich because the ich was there first. then he started to treat the ich with a copper stuff and then they started to loose the scales. i have given them all a fresh water dip and it seemed to help 1 of the tangs. he is the ichless one but they all have the loss of facial scales

 

[sweettooth162]

i am not asking about my home tank. i am new to the hobbie at my house but the tank i am talking about is at my local zoo. see i voluenteer my time there taking care of some of the animal with the keepers. and they have this huge 400 gallon fowlr system. with the 4 tangs i figure what a great way to learn about saltwater tanks and asked him (the keeper of the tank)if i could work on the sickness with him he said sure and now i am asking u guys as a table of reference along with some other books. but we have now gotten rid of the ich and we think it is hlle thanks to u guys. so we are now feeding the tangs alot of greens. if there condition dosn't improve well i think i'll be back. or we might just go an agressive setup. o and if you are wondering the resturant thing was a lie cause i didn't wanna tell u that i worked at a zoo. thanks for your help anyway

 

[peasly1]

your tangs could be getting stressed from the damsels especialy if they are srgt. majors..3-4 black stripes through them, I had 3 yellow tangs and 5 sgt.majors in a 125 fowlr, the damsels killed 2 and chewed the fin off the 3rd

 

[beth]

A zoo should know better than to put copper in a tank that has live rock. Has anyone there tested water quality?? Since the copper would have killed off LR, I imagine that the tank has some pollution at this point.
Please test water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, PH.