ok WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BLUE TANG PICTURE INCLUDED

spanko

spanko

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How long have you had it?
How big is the tank?
What are the water parameters?
What else is in the tank?
 
premilove

premilove

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to me it looks like a burn from an anemone or coral..do u have anything like that in your tank? this is just my guess..def take other responses. ouch
 
unleashed

unleashed

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it looks to be either bacterial or viral infection.. you should put this in the fish disease forum maybe Beth will recognize it
 
superman127

superman127

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it is a 55 gal tank has seem coral only some xenia and polyups he hangs out by the heater alot I shut that heater off I keep 2 in there to be safe I was thinking he might have burnt himself sleeping on that heater back there
in the tank is:
clown
diamond goby
2 yellow tale damsels
three stripe damsel
20 lbs live rock
polyups
xenia
 
J

jessed244

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this sorta thing happened to my chromis once, he was burned the next morning, he too slept behind the heater, Is ok today though, scales grew back.
 
justinwwwallin

justinwwwallin

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ah! sad!
i have two blue tangs in my tank and one was suddenly laying on his side. hes not breathing hard. he has his bright colors. but he wont swim.
i think he got stung by an anemone... is it a possibility? sorry for stealing a thread.
 
anonome

anonome

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If it did just show up overnight as you said, then I would say it was the heater. But, I would think that a healthy, active tang would realize if it was getting burned. Possible, but doubtful. What are your water perameters? Something is irritating him.
 
debbie

debbie

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Just a thought, if it is hiding by the heater all the time you might have other fish harassing it and that is the only place it can go. If the heater is on then it would get burned. There are heate protectors you can buy that slip over the heater to prevent fish from getting burned and breaking of heaters. Might want to try this. Also find out if the fish is be harassed by any of the others too.
 
aquaknight

aquaknight

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I don't think a burn (heater) is unreasonable, but unusual. Fish are cold-blooded, so the old line "toss a frog into hot water and he'll jump out. But put him into room temp water and gradually heat it, he'll sit there and cook himself," applies here. Heater was probably water temp when the tang wedged himself in, then warmed up when the tank needed heated.
 
unleashed

unleashed

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Originally Posted by superman127
http:///forum/post/2844998
thanks for your help everyone but she passed away last night...I'll miss my blue tang
im very sorry to hear..unfortunately I have seen this before in very small young tangs I was never able to pinpoint exactley what it is either.. im my experience with it as well it was a very fast acting illness with almost certain death....its hard to treat what we cant diagnose it very fast
 
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