jakenerica3910
Reefing newb
my yellow tang has red around its tail area is this bad? its acting kinda funny!
yellow tang! bad or not?
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ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Can you get a picture? What are you parameters? What else is in there with him?
jakenerica3910
Reefing newb
i have two clowns that r fine a flame angel, a blue hippo and two other fish that i dont know what are cause a friend gave them to me. i will check stuff now
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Pictures of the other fish would be helpful as well...
jakenerica3910
Reefing newb
the other fish and all inverts look fine, the perameters are all good. ammonia is at 0, nitrite is .1 and nitrate is low temp is 77.5
Smitty
Reef pro
He may be fighting with the other tang, especially since their scalpels are located at they're tails...but we'll definitely need a pix of the other fish, so we can identify them.
jakenerica3910
Reefing newb
ok i dont have a good camera to take pics but normally the yellow tang rules the place. so its kinda weird?
jakenerica3910
Reefing newb
my wife thinks its a bacteria? she seen it online?
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
First things first - detectable Nitrite is bad - so you need to start with a water change to get the Nitrite out of the system. It doesn't matter what your fish is dealing with, dectecable Nitrite is going to compromise its immune system and make it far more difficult for the fish to fight off whatever its dealing with
If you answer every question we ask with 'fine' or 'normal' you need to realize that there really isn't any help that we can offer you
Lets start at the beginning..
Temp?
Salinity?
Ammonia?
Nitrite?
Nitrate?
Ph?
All other inhabitants?
Everyone else is acting okay?
Any new livestock?
Any new equipment?
Any changed / serviced equipment?
On a side note, photos are also very helpful in determining what is going on. If you can't get a photo of your actual fish, try to find a photo of another fish with the same condition and post it online
If you answer every question we ask with 'fine' or 'normal' you need to realize that there really isn't any help that we can offer you
Lets start at the beginning..
Temp?
Salinity?
Ammonia?
Nitrite?
Nitrate?
Ph?
All other inhabitants?
Everyone else is acting okay?
Any new livestock?
Any new equipment?
Any changed / serviced equipment?
On a side note, photos are also very helpful in determining what is going on. If you can't get a photo of your actual fish, try to find a photo of another fish with the same condition and post it online
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
+1 north....The presence of nitrite means there was ammonia not long before. Some fish are more sensitive than others. How long have you had the yellow tang?
jakenerica3910
Reefing newb
we recently put a new light on the tank, would that do it? everything else we have had for a long time and have all been doing great until he started turning red. we have had the yellow tang for 8 or 9 months. i found a picture of a tang with what looks like the same thing but ours isn't as bad. i will try to post the link to the picture because i don't know how to post a picture on here... http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54899&d=1180481460
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
The tang in the photo that you posted doesn't look that bad to me personally, it looks like he has some slight discoloration but not anything that I would see as severe
Is your tang still eating and acting normal?
Is your tang still eating and acting normal?
jakenerica3910
Reefing newb
yes he is eating fine now and acting fine. the first day or two that i noticed the red he was withdrawn from the other fish and not really eating... the reddness is about the same though.
