Tang Spots

[Amba]

My Kole tang has developed three large spots on its underside, near the head. They are somewhat large, and similar to the spots my clown had a while ago. Is this some sort of recurring parisite or could it be more urchin stings? Spots are about the size of a pencil eraser in diameter and white. I really don't think it's ich, but I have never had ich so I wouldn't really know what to look for.

 

[chichimom79]

Doesn't sound like ich. Hope he is okay.

 

[Farside Tropicals]

Hmm, do you have a picture of the marks? If your clowns had the same problem earlier it may be ich, but normally ich leaves small white marks not like how you've described.

 

[Amba]

It's def. not ich, I think he may have ran into my urchin. Has me worried though, because I lost a fish yesterday all of a sudden.

 

[Farside Tropicals]

Oh no! How large is your urchin?

 

[Amba]

The size of a very large grapefruit.

 

[Farside Tropicals]

Quite possibly the culprit then! It's a nice size urchin you have!

 

[Amba]

Thank you! The fish is eating fine, but still has spots. My cardinal is MIA, guessing dead/eaten.

 

[Amba]

Spots are completely gone. Fish are fine, no idea what happened.

 

[FishyReef]

Glad he's recovered Amba! Did your clown recover? Maybe its time to trade your longspine in for a tuxedo or shortspine pincushion?

And I am sorry to hear about your cardinal :(

 

[Amba]

The clown is fine as well, it's strange because I have had the urchin in with these fish for a while now, and never had any problems. I do have a pincushion urchin. I had noticed the fish avoiding the urchin a bit more however, because they would occasionally run into it face first.