Powder Brown Tang sick ?

sh2000

Member
Please help, is this fish sick ? he's from my 80 gal. RT.He's now in my 10 Gal. HT. He's been in the RT for 2-3 months.


 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
The picture is a bit blurry. Can you describe in detail what the problem is?
 

sh2000

Member
will try to get a close up picture.
The fish might have ich, or ick, in the beginning stages. I don't know what symptoms to look for but the fish looks different than he was for the past 2 months. slight white dots on the body but its not extreme. I'm not sure to do Hypo or not since I'm not sure if he's sick.
 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
It looks more like skin discoloration rather than dots. More like stress. What are you water readings in your display tank?
 

sh2000

Member
Originally Posted by Beth
It looks more like skin discoloration rather than dots. More like stress. What are you water readings in your display tank?
temp-78f
salinty-1.026
ph-8.2
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-20 ppm
alk. 3.6
symtoms include,not eating immediately, weakness, slight heavier breathing, possible white dots on skin and fins.. doesn't look good.
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by SH2000
temp-78f
salinty-1.026
ph-8.2
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-20 ppm
alk. 3.6
symtoms include,not eating immediately, weakness, slight heavier breathing, possible white dots on skin and fins.. doesn't look good.
Can you take a close look at him and tell us if there actually are white dots on his fins and body? Have you added anything new into the display recently?
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by SH2000
yes thee are some white dots on his body and scales hes breathing a bit heavy
Hypo him. Unfortunately, if he was in your display then ich is in there. Any way to remove your fish into the qt or set up a larger one? If you hypo just this fish then you will be sending him back into a tank full of ich. What all is in the display? Do you have corals?
 
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