Blue tang hlle

Perkthemacha · Mar 21, 2023

Hi i recently bought a new blue tang and i think it has hlle disease. I have a 260 display tank that is treated with copper before. I dont plan on adding inverts or coral to the tang so i put copper in.

I have attach some pic of the fish below. Is it hlle disease? And how should i treat it?

dwest · Mar 21, 2023

I thinks it’s very minor if at all. I’m not an expert though but @Jay Hemdal is.

I would make sure he gets fed a lot of high quality frozen and pellet food and some nori every day.

Jay Hemdal · Mar 21, 2023

Perkthemacha said:
Hi i recently bought a new blue tang and i think it has hlle disease. I have a 260 display tank that is treated with copper before. I dont plan on adding inverts or coral to the tang so i put copper in.

I have attach some pic of the fish below. Is it hlle disease? And how should i treat it?

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Looks very minor to me, if at all. Copper doesn’t cause this, but using dusty carbon does.
Jay

Perkthemacha · Mar 22, 2023

dwest said:
I thinks it’s very minor if at all. I’m not an expert though but @Jay Hemdal is.

I would make sure he gets fed a lot of high quality frozen and pellet food and some nori every day.

How to train them to eat nori? All 3 tangs of mine doesnt touch nori at all. (Vlamingi, blonde naso and blue tang)

Jase4224 · Mar 22, 2023

Perkthemacha said:
How to train them to eat nori? All 3 tangs of mine doesnt touch nori at all. (Vlamingi, blonde naso and blue tang)

Give them a day or two without food then put it on a clip. You could also try chopping it up like flake food and see if they go for it. Sometimes it takes fish a few goes before they recognise and like a new food.

theMeat · Mar 22, 2023

Would check all three possible culprits in the butt
-stop using carbon if you are
-check for stray voltage. A gfci outlet paired with a ground probe will immediately make you aware of this
-high quality diet