Tang shedding skin

[Floridasalter]

My tang is shedding his skin. All water specs are in normal range and other fish are okay. He has been in tank several months and was caught locally here in south florida.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Have you added anything new to the tank? If so, how long ago?

 

[Floridasalter]

Nothing new has been added for several months. Here is another pic. Thanks for the response.

 

[srva80]

crazy

 

[srva80]

what kind of tang is it?

 

[Dmorty217]

Wide spectrum antibiotic in a isolation tank is best. Kanamycin is widely used as a antibiotic for marine fish. Could be brook I suppose but other fish should also be showing signs.

 

[Floridasalter]

Unfortunately, the fish just died. This is the picture, as you can see the skin seemed to be falling off. It died rather quickly, within 2 days.

I am now worried about the other fish, so far they show no symptoms. I have a yellow tang, blue damsel, blue chromis, 2 oris clowns (farm raised), 2 cleaner shrimps, 2 tube worms, several turbo snails, and live rock.

 

[Dmorty217]

Looks like fin rot that effected the skin more than the edge of fins

 

[snorvich]

How long has the chromis been in the tank?

 

[golferbud101691]

A chromis of mine did this about 2 years ago. Once I started adding vitamin c to food I haven't encountered it again. My LFS marine biologist guru expected it to be a bacterial infection attacking the skin. Not sure though. Did your tang ever "scrape" itself on the rocks?

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Nothing new has been added for several months. Here is another pic. Thanks for the response.

Sorry for your loss. Have you added any corals, inverts, LR within the last month? Because based on the timeline it appears to be Brook.