black blotches on orange shoulder tang

[toddmau5]

Recently added an orange shoulder tang, the second day he had to black blotches on his side. They look like scales are missing, I assumed he had maybe ran into the rocks trying to squeeze into some place he couldn't fit. ht blotches arent getting any better, I can not tell if they are getting worse, but they arent looing good. Hes still acting normal and eating well. However as im typing this i am noticing he is letting the wrasse pick at his side. Is this ich? or another type of disease?

 

[Jdub968]

He also looks to have one on his dorsal fin I would move him into a qt and start a trifecta of furan 2 metroplex and Kanaplex for 10-14 days this could bacterial.

 

[lagatbezan]

looks bacterial. if you can get acriflavine it would be good to do a 60-90min bath as well prior to the antibiotics treatment.

 

[JustinM]

I agree with both the above, an acriflavine bath prior to being treated with antibiotics in a QT.

 

[toddmau5]

Just wanted to post an update but I have been pretty busy lately. I do have some progress pictures I will get up soon.
I know I will be berated for not doing it the correct way and getting the tang into a QT tank. But this wild beast could not be caught to save my live, without removing all of the rocks in the display. Hes too damn fast and too damn smart. I didn't want to stress him out be repeatedly chasing him around the tank with a net, so after a couple days of trying to catch him I let him be.
I instantly went out and grabbed some DR G's anti bacterial and anti parasite food. I stated alternating feedings, anti bacterial in the morning and anti parasite in the evening. and started giving the nori a super heavy soaking of garlic juice.
After the original post before the food, the block spots got bigger and darker and one spot that the wrasse was picking at started getting white and fuzzy.
After about 5 days on the food the dark spots got much lighter and were a greyish color. after about 9 days on the food, the spots were nothing more then an outline. After a good 2 weeks its scales have grown back in and he's back to 100%. I am now back to a regular feeding schedule and regular food.
I know its definitely not the right way to go about it, but it seems to have worked really well this time around.
Knock on wood.

 

[JustinM]

��, good job. I’m happy it worked out for you.

 

[Jdub968]

+1 with Justinm there's many ways to skin a cat and most of us that try to help will almost always reccomend what is proven, but this is how we learn other ways to treat so props to you. I've often wanted to try drg's medicated caviar because it does contain CP.

 

[toddmau5]

+1 with Justinm there's many ways to skin a cat and most of us that try to help will almost always reccomend what is proven, but this is how we learn other ways to treat so props to you. I've often wanted to try drg's medicated caviar because it does contain CP.

Yeah if he would have been an easy catch I already had the QT set up. But he's a big fish to begin with and fast a hell and a damn good hider.

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