My Yellow Tang is turning Pink!

[kat 4]

Help - My yellow tang is in quarantine - it has slowly been developing pink areas like stripes on its fins. It is so weird. There is a pink fake plant in the quarantine tank but I don't think it faded onto the fish!! Anyone had this happen? It's almost time to put it back in the DT so I wanted to ask before we do that...

 

[reefreak29]

Originally Posted by Kat 4
Help - My yellow tang is in quarantine - it has slowly been developing pink areas like stripes on its fins. It is so weird. There is a pink fake plant in the quarantine tank but I don't think it faded onto the fish!! Anyone had this happen? It's almost time to put it back in the DT so I wanted to ask before we do that...
it may be developing hlle

 

[kat 4]

What is HLLE??

 

[hot883]

head and latteral line erosion if I am thinking clearly. Reddish/pink sometimes is a sign of a bacterial infection. Check out the disease thread or contact Beth. DO NOT PUT IN MAINTANK until you figure this out. What foods are you offering? I suggest algea sheets soaked with garlic and also Zoecon. NO BRINE HTH, Barry

 

[rbrockm1]

rub your finger on the fake pink plant and see if it rubs off. try this in and out of water. I don;t know what else to tell you.

 

[rbrockm1]

don't put the tang back in yet if he still has this pink thing.

 

[mikeyjer]

Originally Posted by hot883
head and latteral line erosion if I am thinking clearly. Reddish/pink sometimes is a sign of a bacterial infection. Check out the disease thread or contact Beth. DO NOT PUT IN MAINTANK until you figure this out. What foods are you offering? I suggest algea sheets soaked with garlic and also Zoecon. NO BRINE HTH, Barry
I would have to agree with Barry on this!! HLLE would be lost of color and it makes the fish look BAD instead of red stripes... :happyfish

 

[kat 4]

Oh dear - what do I do for a bacterial infection? I don't think she can handle the 10gallon hospital tank anymore...sounds like the tank size will kill her if the infection or whatever doesn't. Is it contagious if I put her in the main tank?

 

[symon]

if it is a bacterial infection it would most likely be contagious! I would pull that fake plant out, do a water change on your qt tank and give it a few days to see if it clears up! This is just in case the dye from the plant is leeching into your water and possibly affecting your tang! As a rule, there should be nothing in a qt tank.

 

[alyssia]

What are your water parameters?

 

[1journeyman]

What are you feeding it?

 

[eyebedam]

If you have a cat feed it to the cat as a treat.

 

[kat 4]

SO BAD!! This is actually crazy but we went ahead and took it out of the quarantine tank ( it was so crammed in there) - acclimated it and put it in the DT tank last night which has PERFECT water perameters. It's a reef tank so there is only 1 other fish that could be hurt by anything contagious,....this morning all the pink is gone and she is swimming everywhere and eating well and having a great time. I guess she is cured! I thought it may have been a bacterial disease but she is fine now!

 

[triga22]

awsome ne pictures?

 

[beth]

That is a sign of bacterial infection. What are your water readings? How long has the fish been in QT?

 

[kat 4]

Hi Beth - the fish has been in quarantine in hypo for about 4 weeks. We have just had it in a higher salt (1.023) for the last few days. We did have a slightly higher nitrate for a couple days in hypo. Now we have her in the regular display tank and she is fine. Calcium is 400, SG 1.023, ammonia 0. 0 nitrates and nitrites. PH 8.2
The rest of the stuff my husband knows. Why would she recover so fast? I started feeding her garlic, vitamins 3 days ago. Anyway, hope she stays well!