Fish going downhill fast

[Flying_Hellfish]

I got this tang about 2 weeks ago, has been good until last night.

Last night the dorsal fin was swolen and there was some slight discoloration on the black line of the body.

I come home today and find this....:eek1: These three are the best of the bunch that I could snap.

http://img14.imageshack.us/g/dsc0141vz.jpg/

Fish is still eating but this is making me very sad and nervous.

Ideas or thoughts on what to do?


EDIT:

I forgot, I just tested water last night....

1.025 SG
0 Amm
0 Nitrite
20 Nitrate
8.4 PH
Temp 80

Have been feeding prime reef flakes, hakkari mysis along with selcon and nori on a clip

 

[wooden_reefer]

Looks more like an abrasion than swelling.

Likely bacterial.


Treat with antibiotics in QT. Amquel and/or water change.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

That's what it looks like today. It's almost like something was picking on it. I really don't get it.

Just did a WC on Sunday, but I'm not sure that could have done it..... am I wrong in thinking that?

I'm using RO/DI at 0 tds.

Will the fin ever regenerate?

 

[RBU1]

That is BAD looking.....Do you have a treatment tank? If so I would remove the fish and treat him with Kanaplex a broad spectrum antibiotic. That looks like a bad bacterial infection, not like someone was picking on him.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

That is BAD looking.....Do you have a treatment tank? If so I would remove the fish and treat him with Kanaplex a broad spectrum antibiotic. That looks like a bad bacterial infection, not like someone was picking on him.

I know. I could likely get that started tomorrow, everywhere is closed tonight that I could even think of getting an antibiotic from. Nothing like battling a fish disaster on the same day the girlfriend gets really sick.

 

[RBU1]

Make sure the tank you are using is cycled and has bacteria established to handle the ammonia. If not pick up an ammonia binding product such as prime and use stability to help with bacteria.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

Make sure the tank you are using is cycled and has bacteria established to handle the ammonia. If not pick up an ammonia binding product such as prime and use stability to help with bacteria.

Wouldn't doing a WC on the DT and using that water be the preferred method? I have some prime as well. I mean at this point if I were going to cycle that small tank again with fresh SW wouldn't that take too long?

 

[RBU1]

Yes if you are starting a tank from scratch it will be a problem. Some people leave items seeded with bacteria in their main tanks making setting up a tank a little easier. You are going to have your hands full I am afraid. Make sure you get the prime and stability and monitor ammonia REALLY well..

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

Yes if you are starting a tank from scratch it will be a problem. Some people leave items seeded with bacteria in their main tanks making setting up a tank a little easier. You are going to have your hands full I am afraid. Make sure you get the prime and stability and monitor ammonia REALLY well..

yeah, I have my hands full now. But such is this hobby it seems. I just hope I can save him. He was up with the sun this morning swimming around the tank like nothing is wrong which I'm taking as a good sign. I do have prime and I can grab one of those ammonia alert tabs.

I've read a few things about the stress of moving them to a hospital tank sometimes causing ill effects. I may be getting confused considering all the reading I have done in the last few months. With the fish swimming and eating well still is this a concern?

 

[RBU1]

My bet would be moving a fish to a hospital tank that is not fully cycled and ready to maintain the fish is what causes the problems nothing to do with the stress of the move.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

My bet would be moving a fish to a hospital tank that is not fully cycled and ready to maintain the fish is what causes the problems nothing to do with the stress of the move.

And I fall into that category. I have a lot to think about today to prepare for tonight.

And thanks by the way, I really appreciate the advice. This is stressing me out. I get highly attached to pets.

 

[RBU1]

I wish you the best of luck. If the fish ae still eating I would probably leave them alone and set up the treatment tank. Let it run for as long as you can then move the fish over. If the fish are not eating you have to move a little faster.

 

[brannock_16]

I hope the tang makes a speedy recovery. Tangs are always so prone to disease and naturally are some of the most beautiful fish.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

thanks.....

he is still eating with ferocity as of last night, including picking at his nori.

It really is a shame how prone they are to disease considering how amazing they are. I'm going to try my best at getting this worked out. If it doesn't I'm going to wait on the more disease prone fish for a bit. I may have jumped a little quickly into this purchase.

 

[wooden_reefer]

The extra bad thing about bacterial infection is that antibiotics that is required to treat it is not good to nitrification bacteria to varies degrees, managebly mild or very gravely.

The good thing is that you need to treat 10 days at the most, works or doesn't, unlike with ich, which is a 8-10 week job.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

The extra bad thing about bacterial infection is that antibiotics that is required to treat it is not good to nitrification bacteria to varies degrees, managebly mild or very gravely.

The good thing is that you need to treat 10 days at the most, works or doesn't, unlike with ich, which is a 8-10 week job.

That is the good and the bad and is exactly why I couldn't treat the DT, there was no way I could justify killing off my nitrification bacteria.

Seriously guys, thanks for all the advice.

Unfortunately when I got home today the tang was dead in the corner. That's my first official fish death and I feel pretty craptastic about it. It was swimming fine this morning and eating nori by noon when the GF left for work it was looking not so hot and actually got a little stuck to the HOB filter.... by the time I just got home that was all she wrote.

I'm going to avoid tangs for a bit. I might get a second B/W clown or something sturdy like that. As amazing as they are I just can't get another one right away. Going to setup some h2o for a wc tomorrow just to be on the safe side.