Yellow tang with red fins?

kouma

kouma

Member
Hello,
A recently acquired yellow tang has red on its upper and lower fins..light redish/orangish..what is this? ammonia burn? and how to cure?
Thanks
 
kouma

kouma

Member
It is currently in a DT tank undergoing hyposalinty treatment, my QT is not ready yet.
Here are some pics..i hope i am just seeing things

 
kouma

kouma

Member
Not all, but i did leave some..I had to, there was no more good bacteria and my tank readings were on the roof. 1.0 ammonia and .25 nitrite. I just did a 20% water change today
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by kouma
http:///forum/post/2888429
Not all, but i did leave some..I had to, there was no more good bacteria and my tank readings were on the roof. 1.0 ammonia and .25 nitrite. I just did a 20% water change today
If this tank was not just set up then there should be plenty of bacteria in the tank without the rock. Having live rock in hyposaline conditions will cause ammonia spikes.
 
kouma

kouma

Member
What is done, is done. I will just keep my water changes until levels calm down again. There is no point in taking out LR anymore since whatever can die, has already been dead.
About the redness, does it look bad to you? It appears like its a natural color to me, but yellow tangs are supposed to be yellow :)
 
pastor b.

pastor b.

Member
Dear hobbyist, my yellow tang had the same problem. This is a bacterial infection, which can be cured with the use of Melafix . Place your yellow tang in a quarantine tank and add Melafix . Follow the directions and your tang should be fine within 1 to 2 weeks.
 
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