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How do I cure HLLE on a blue tang?
Curing HLLE on Blue tang
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Peter Eichler
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Top notch water quality and a highly nutritious and varied diet... Nori is one of the best foods, mixing that up with high quality flake foods, mysis, and cyclopeeze would be a good start.
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BTTRFLYGRL
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My Hippo has a minor case of MHLLE...It is only on his face. This is hard for me to admit since I am always preaching about taking good care of your fish pets
But yes, my Hippo has MLLE...A MINOR case mind you
Anyway, now that I have that off my chest
I use Vitachem, feed a good variety of foods, do weekly water changes, I have a grounding probe ,I quit using carbon...and still, my Hippo has a few pits on his face. I know that Hippo's are prone to this. I know that Hippo's can be a little 'high strung' . I have only one other Tang in my 240 . My Hippo does go back and forth with my Blueface Angel over who gets the cave on the left lower side..
She tends to dive into rocks face first when startled .. I don't think my Hippo is overstressed, but maybe these situations that are causing her stress are predisposing her to this condition? I have also wondered if my 80 watt UV sterilizer is possibly removing something from the water that this fish is lacking? I don't know. I am probably going to unplug my UV and see if that helps next.
But yes, my Hippo has MLLE...A MINOR case mind you Anyway, now that I have that off my chest
I use Vitachem, feed a good variety of foods, do weekly water changes, I have a grounding probe ,I quit using carbon...and still, my Hippo has a few pits on his face. I know that Hippo's are prone to this. I know that Hippo's can be a little 'high strung' . I have only one other Tang in my 240 . My Hippo does go back and forth with my Blueface Angel over who gets the cave on the left lower side.. She tends to dive into rocks face first when startled .. I don't think my Hippo is overstressed, but maybe these situations that are causing her stress are predisposing her to this condition? I have also wondered if my 80 watt UV sterilizer is possibly removing something from the water that this fish is lacking? I don't know. I am probably going to unplug my UV and see if that helps next.
BangkokMatt
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The UV won't have anything to do with th HLLE but imo they are not advantageous on a reef tank. Get rid<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12885080#post12885080 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BTTRFLYGRL
My Hippo has a minor case of MHLLE...It is only on his face. This is hard for me to admit since I am always preaching about taking good care of your fish pets
Anyway, now that I have that off my chest
Plenty of nori and high quality foods should do it (ie homemade frozen).
BTTRFLYGRL
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12888141#post12888141 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BangkokMatt
The UV won't have anything to do with th HLLE but imo they are not advantageous on a reef tank. Get rid
Plenty of nori and high quality foods should do it (ie homemade frozen).
UV is on my FOWLR. I actually put it there because my Whiteface Tang and his fluke issues
But that was a couple of years ago and it will be time to change out the bulbs again so I am thinking of taking it down anyway. Although that tank is definitely the cleanest out of my three tanks!!I do feed a variety of good frozen foods soaked in Vitachem and the fish get nori throughout the day so I don't believe its nutritional
BangkokMatt
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It sounds like you are doing all you can 
BTW a UV won't get rid of flukes
BTW a UV won't get rid of flukes
BTTRFLYGRL
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12888972#post12888972 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BangkokMatt
It sounds like you are doing all you can
Yes, believe me I treated that darn fish for 6 months! Ich is easy compared to flukes! Since Flukes thrive in overcrowded dirty tanks, I started the UV as precaution when I added him to my display.(no my tank is not overcrowded ) It will kill what parasites travel through it but not all flukes reproduce in that manner sooooo...it was just to make ME feel better
It did seem to help some.
BTTRFLYGRL
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Broccoli is actually supposed to be blanched
Peter Eichler
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12894103#post12894103 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BTTRFLYGRL
Broccoli is actually supposed to be blanched
Freezing it will also break down the cells and make it more palatable. That being said, broccoli makes a big mess, is more of a hassle, and probably still isn't as good of a food source as nori.
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