Blue Hippo Tang w/ Brown Body Slime

Rainfords

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I have a Blue Hippo Tang that is in my quarantine tank that has just recovered from ick. The ick is gone but now he has a brown slime that covers his body, it dose not come off like slime coat. Also one of his sides is turning white. He acts and swims normally. I feed him a variety of food including seaweed and numerous frozen foods, which he feeds like a pig. I also use garlic products with the food. Anybody heard of this and know how to treat it? Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
 
First, I'm very glad to hear you use a quarantine process. Very important for all marine specimens, especially tangs.

You didn't mention how you treated the fish for Marine Ich. Hypo? Copper?

In a quarantine tank, controlling water quality is a challenge at best. If you used a hyposalinity treatment, controlling pH is hard. If you used copper, it is a poison and not 'tang friendly' in general.

Without a visual sign of any microbe, I'd say the fish is more or less responding to one or more water quality issues. Use vitamins in its foods. Include beta glucan in its food while it is recovering. Check for waste organics hiding about and remove them. Test water frequently for ammonia and nitrites. Unfortunately, there are other things that go wrong with our aquarium water which these tests don't show. So, to handle those, do large water changes every day, making sure the water is pH adjusted; salinity adjusted; and temperature adjusted before making the change.

If the fish doesn't improve in a few days with the above care, consider it a bacterial infection that should be treated with an antibiotic.
 
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