Please help my blue tang
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bobafet1
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So yesterday I started the first dose of Furan 2. This morning I noticed the fish has a bit more dark discoloration around the fins, the skin around his face is peeling, and he has several bumps around his body. The bumps remind me of the one's the first tang in the post had. Hopefully the second dose of Furan 2 will help knock out whatever is pestering this guy.
If the PBT does have parasites then can I use cupramine in conjunction with the Furan 2?
If the PBT does have parasites then can I use cupramine in conjunction with the Furan 2?
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Dr Colliebreath
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What is your QT like and how are you managing ammonia? If the tank wasn't cycled, you may have ammonia which will stress the fish. Make sure to monitor it and manage it with water changes.
Also, the QT should have a HOB filter plus a powerhead for circulation. PBTs need a lot of water movement and oxygenation. The pvc shouldn't have one end against the glass.
Also, the QT should have a HOB filter plus a powerhead for circulation. PBTs need a lot of water movement and oxygenation. The pvc shouldn't have one end against the glass.
bobafet1
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The QT is plumbed into my DT. I just took it offline yesterday so that it is a stand alone system. The water in the QT was already cycled. According to the Furan 2 instructions I can't have any type of filtration (carbon, filter pads, etc.) while the tank is being medicated.
Haffs09
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Those white patches remind me when my achilles tang had flukes. It had a half dozen different patches on it that kind of formed a circular pattern. After a formalin bath, it was clear they were flukes because they started to fall off. Three rounds of prazipro cleared it up, but the fish is still scarred.
bobafet1
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***!!!!! This morning I wake up to find my PBT having a few white specs on it. They look like ich. So now I need to find a treatment to kill the ich and possibly any other parasites it might have. I have ozone setup in the QT but I'm not sure if it will mess up the Furan 2 treatment. I feel like blasting the QT with 650ml/hr.
bobafet1
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So as of today I think my PBT is doing better, thankfully. I ended up adding Rid Ich to the QT. I've completed 4 doses of it and I'm contemplating whether to keep dosing since I don't see anymore white spots and the directions say to use for 3-4 days. The PBT isn't scratching anymore and it seems to be in a little bit better mood. However, I did notice something hanging from its eye. I thought it was a piece of old food stuck to its eye so I got some tweezers and tried to pluck it off. It appears to be stuck to its eye so I'm wondering if it is a type of fungal growth???
At this point I'm not sure what the next step is. I'm going to keep it in the QT for another month but I'm not sure if I should keep medicating the tank or just ride it out and see how it goes. Any suggestions??
At this point I'm not sure what the next step is. I'm going to keep it in the QT for another month but I'm not sure if I should keep medicating the tank or just ride it out and see how it goes. Any suggestions??
GeorgeMonnatJr
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bobafet1
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The saga continues. Within the last couple of days my PBT has been looking great. The rashes have started to heal, the thing on its eye went away, its color is slowly coming back, and most of the dark spots have disappeared. Now, this morning I noticed quite a few white specs on it. I'm going to keep dosing the Rid-Ich and hope this solves the problem. I'm a little bummed out because I thought all signs of ich were gone and now whammo, its back.
sandwi54
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Please read all of the ich stickies in this forum. Rid-Ich does NOT cure ich! Only copper, hyposalinity, and tank transfer can 100% eradicate ich. Don't waste your time and money on anything other than these three treatments.
I noticed you mentioned that your QT was plumbed to your DT before. Unfortunately, that would make this QT useless as any disease the fish carried would now be in the DT as well, since the two systems shared the same water. You will need to leave the DT fallow of fish for 10 weeks (starts when the QT was disconnected from the DT) to eliminate the ich that your PBT brought in.
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