Sick Tang

[DarthSquad]

Hello, I have a 10 year old Blue hipo tangs. A couple weeks ago I noticed large white lumps near its tail which I though to be lymphocystis. today I went to look and noticed it's swimming into the bottom corner of the tank, has cloudy eyes and isn't eating. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[blaxsun]

#fishmedic

 

[Shibaken3]

recent changes that u made?

 

[DarthSquad]

Just water changes and removed bioballs to replace with marine pure blocks because my nitrates were really high. this is current water parameters.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello, I have a 10 year old Blue hipo tangs. A couple weeks ago I noticed large white lumps near its tail which I though to be lymphocystis. today I went to look and noticed it's swimming into the bottom corner of the tank, has cloudy eyes and isn't eating. Any help would be appreciated.

As with most hepatus tangs, he has a bad case of HLLE often affected by water quality and even dietary insufficiencies. For the tail, we will need clearer pics of area , not at an angle. It appears preliminarily bacterial. Again need better pics for assessment

 

[vetteguy53081]

Just water changes and removed bioballs to replace with marine pure blocks because my nitrates were really high. this is current water parameters.

Any other way to test water? This is a spintest which is a knockoff of Api tests and often not accurate. Simply take a water sample to a store that does NOT use Api anything and have them test your ammonia and nitrates and compare readings- then you'll know where your levels truly are at

 

[DarthSquad]

I dont have an ammonia test and I have to go to work in a bit so can't test today. but I have a redsea nitrate test and it's testing between 20 and 50 ppm

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hello, I have a 10 year old Blue hipo tangs. A couple weeks ago I noticed large white lumps near its tail which I though to be lymphocystis. today I went to look and noticed it's swimming into the bottom corner of the tank, has cloudy eyes and isn't eating. Any help would be appreciated.

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Can you get clearer pics of the tail. I can't really see much there. Lymphocystis rarely infects this species, and you would never see it after a fish has been in captivity for this long.

Does the eye have an opaque pupil, or is that just reflection from the camera flash?
Is the fish breathing rapidly?
Have you added any other animals to the tank recently?

Jay

 

[DarthSquad]

I tried several times to get a better picture but I think my camera sucks. the eyes are white and cloudy. I added a buble tip anemone and 2 heads of Duncan's. It doesn't seem to be breathing heavy. just kind of hovering in that same spot.

 

[DarthSquad]

I now it's difficult to see but these are the areas I'm referring to

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I now it's difficult to see but these are the areas I'm referring to

Those spots don't look particularly serious, this is a very old fish, and as such, seeing missing scales and nodules in the skin is pretty normal. the not eating and the eye issue is more serious - I was concerned about flukes, that that is unlikely unless the corals came from an aquarium with an active fish fluke infection.

No other fish in this tank have any symptoms?

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

I now it's difficult to see but these are the areas I'm referring to

like Jay , I was concerned about mucus cones or bacterial. Maintain good water quality. Nitrate while not too high for fish is up there.

 

[DarthSquad]

There is only one other fish in the tank and it is a clownfish. it is not exhibiting any symptoms. About 2 months ago nitrates were ar 250ppm. so I've been doing a few water changes a week since, using fritz rpm salt. When I first saw the cysts i started feeding metro with focus incase it was something bacterial.

 

[lwien01]

Hello, I have a 10 year old Blue hipo tangs. A couple weeks ago I noticed large white lumps near its tail which I though to be lymphocystis. today I went to look and noticed it's swimming into the bottom corner of the tank, has cloudy eyes and isn't eating. Any help would be appreciated.

Could be a bacterial infection. Cloudy eyes. Get powdered antibiotic and soak in Nori with Selcon put any leafy green on a clip leave it in the tank
Do a few water changes. Hippo Tangs are cool but should be left in the ocean

 

[MnFish1]

I would stop feeding antibiotics - unless you know what you're treating. I would not feed the fish Nori soaked in antibiotics. To me this looks like HLLE - which is likely caused by poor water conditions (to which you admitted - with a nitrate of 250).