pic of naso tang in qt. sick

bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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this is my naso tang in qt 5th day medicating .no hp this time ich came on so fast
i needed fast help other fish were almost dead. now they look great exepet my
tang . it has this blotchy marks on it .sure hope its not black ich.9th day since
i noticed white spots on fish.at first though they were micro bubblesstickin to
fish from stupid prizim skimmer .im using ich -x on fish and ich -attack in empty tank
all organic . does any one know if this is part of or effect of ich?
p.s if my fish make it out of this
and it comes back i will def
do hypo .no bashing please
just looking for input
 
aw2eod

aw2eod

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First off...that's not a Tang, it's some species of Butterfly.
Secondly, that medication isnt going to do anything but stress your fish more.
You need to immediately start hypo. It's not going to be detrimental to the fish.
 
saltwater8

saltwater8

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Yes, not sure who told you that was a Naso Tang, but its not, its not even a tang. As the previous poster said, its a butterfly...
You said it had "blotchy" marks on it...that doesnt sound like ich... Can you get a more up close pic for us to see?
 
bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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lfs told me it was .what is it ?didnt think he'd be wrong
anyway is this better ? trying hypo ,starting last night
have 1threestripe 2 clowns 1blue tang and 1whatever
all in 20g qt. main tank has inverts and lr .which by the
way is swarming with white flea things . copods?no fishys
for three weeks .is this another sickness ?or a result of ich
blue tang caught ich first then unidentified fish next but not
bad. other fish showed no symt put in qt anyway.
 
hot883

hot883

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Brace, definately not a tang. I would never go back to that LFS thats for sure.
Did you search HYPO? It needs to be done very slowly and also you need a refractometer to measure the s.g. accurately. A plastic swing arm hydrometer will not do. Good luck.
 
bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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yes i read up on hypo dont have a refracto but before i hit 1.009
i will get one like this morn .prod have to pay dearly at lfs for it.
should of went on that auction site.thanks for your reply
 
bigtang803

bigtang803

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I have an achilles tang that got ick. After i got rid of the ick, he had some pretty bad splotching all over him. My lfs said that is pretty normal for a fish to have some scaring from a severe case of ick. (I'm not saying that is what is wrong with the fish.) He sold me some vitimans to put in the food, and directly into my water. It took a few weeks, but the spots healed up. He is doing fine now. Just thought that might help.
 
bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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live in channahon 45min south west of chicago
i have added vites and garlic to diet now .
realy would like to know what name of fish
srarted to search ,can see def butterfly spieces
thanks for offering refract use but i think i should get one
any way. but it would be great to know someone round here
/sw exp only know 1 other person , would be nice
 
bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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think i found the type of fish on this site (cream angel )
home for lunch dropping salinty agian from 1.020 to 1.017
prox.to fast?12hrs so far .also main tank is swarming with
white things ,like smow in there .copods or ich looking for
host?
 
aw2eod

aw2eod

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Originally Posted by bracebldrs
think i found the type of fish on this site (cream angel )
home for lunch dropping salinty agian from 1.020 to 1.017
prox.to fast?12hrs so far .also main tank is swarming with
white things ,like smow in there .copods or ich looking for
host?

Not an Angel either...it's a Butterfly, although it's hard to tell which species because of the blotchiness.
Salinity can be dropped quickly and the fish will be alright (over 2 - 3 days), but when hypo is over, you should raise the salinity over the course of a week to 10 days.
Also...have you thought of the "white things" as being micro bubbles? Ich doesnt "swarm the tank", nor do pods.
You definately need to find a different fish store.
 
bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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thanks for the advice . as for the white things ,as i watch them
they to the top touch the surface and back down bout the size
of a grain of salt some bigger .they float then move quickly.
some have a tanish color to them .what are they???
 
aw2eod

aw2eod

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Originally Posted by bracebldrs
thanks for the advice . as for the white things ,as i watch them
they to the top touch the surface and back down bout the size
of a grain of salt some bigger .they float then move quickly.
some have a tanish color to them .what are they???

Sounds like micro bubbles to me. Check your return line, all the way down to your return pump...there's air getting in, somewhere.
 
bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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ill checkout that site captin.thanx
as for the micro bubbles,charly got my kids magnifying glass
these buggers have legs or tails or some thing.THEY ARE ALIVE!
where can i find out bout this?
 
mbrennan

mbrennan

Member
They are probably copepods and nothing to really worry about, just free, nutrishious and entertaining food for your fish. By the way I hope you didn't pay the Naso Tang price for that angel ($34.00 versus $19.99 for a vermiculated angelfish on this site). You can find out more about copepods at the Smithsonian website http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/copepod/. Hope this helps.
 
beth

beth

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How are you treating this fish? Does it have ich? What of the other fish?
 
bracebldrs

bracebldrs

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yep i paid $38.00
i have ,1threestripe 2 clowns 1 blue tang 1 dotty back and the (angel)
blue tang started to have white spots, rubbing rocks and
bumping and backing into other fish . opps actualy the dotty back
started with the spots ,floating round the top side ways then the
blue tang got the spots bad and turned pale thats when i threw
them all in 20g qt paniced and got med .not copper .dotty died
right away.angel got spots ,litte bit .blue tang got better .
the the other fish showed no signs .no its been 6 days in qt
i started hypo bout 24hrs ago down to 1.017 now .after reading
existing threads of people medicating most of them either lost there
fish or ich came back later .sorry to babble ,succes rate seems to
almost 100% with hypo .hope i can do it right.
 
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