blue tang acting wierd

[dudeskii]

My blue tang acting wierd...just started my tank about 6 months ago...got my blue tang 3 weeks ago. Tang want cool until 2 days ago..it just stay in the same spot on my live rock..looks dead but isn't.all water parameter are at zero. Yellow tail demsal was bothering him at first but stopped about a week after...dont want this lil guy 2 die...it lost a lil color and dont think it has ich...help please...

 

[dudeskii]

Help asap

 

[mattcoug]

Sounds like velvet. If you look at him straight in the face, does his color have a smooth golden sheen?

Do you have a qt/hospital tank? You need chloroquine phosphate(ick shield powder) or cupermine and start treatment today.

 

[mattcoug]

Two more hints,(1) if it is velvet, your tank and all other fish are now infected and will need to be treated and fallowed. (2) if you can get formalin for a dip today, you can knock back the infection enough to give the copper/cp time to kick in and give the fish a better chance.

 

[dudeskii]

So should I treat all my fish in my 75 gal..or should I put them in my hospital tank and treat them there

 

[mattcoug]

Reef tank? You gotta get your fish into hospital and treat there. The meds will kill and make it difficult to have corals/inverts in the future.