regal tang not well

[iansnakebite]

my regal tang has been acting strange it been breathing rapidly, not been very active, been sitting on the bottom struggling to stay upright and also been rubbing its body against the rocks and i noticed one of my clowns had a small white spot on the side of its body protuding out a little any sugestions what it is or even a cure. i've tested all my levals and all is ok

 

[JohnyBravo]

For starters we are going to need more info:

1. What size of tank?
2. What livestock do you have in the tank?
3. When you say "i've tested all my levals and all is ok", what have you tested for and what's "ok"?
4. How long have you had the fish?
5. Did you QT them?

 

[iansnakebite]

50 gallon
2 clowns 1 regal tang 1 algie blemie a goby
2 red leg hermit 5 turbo snails 1 sally light foot

ammonia nitrate nitrite kh phosphate hardness
had the regal about 1 month but added 2nd clown a week ago
and don't have qt tank

 

[dastratt]

I would get the regal and the clown with the spot out to a QT, maybe the LFS will be able to do that. As a precaution though if ich it may be too late.

It could be a tank condition though.

What is temp? spec. gravity? Ph? For the ones you gave, what kind of test kit or strips and what wer the numerical readings?

Have you put any additives in the tank?

 

[dastratt]

How long was the tank running? How much LR do you have? filter?

 

[iansnakebite]

i have 1 bio filter 1 mechanical filter proteen skimmer and 32pounds of live rock temp 81f spec gravity 1.025 ph 8.4 as for the test kits not sure of brand as i'm not at home. i live in uk
tank is 3 months

 

[JohnyBravo]

If you are seeing white spots on your clown it may be ich. Do you have a QT? If you do I would QT them both. If you don't, you may be about to find out the hard way on why you should.

I'm currently treating my fish for ich via hyposalinity treatment, but I have a fish only tank (lot easier). How long has the tang been acting this way? It could be symptoms of ich also, but hard to say without more info. Ich can attached it self to the fish's gills and make it hard for them to breath. Ich can also be present but not visible to the naked eye.

 

[iansnakebite]

i can't see any physicle signs but been like this for about 3 days now

 

[JohnyBravo]

Try this website for info

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/marineich.html