Yellow Tang has red streaks?

[j_beau_13]

I just noticed my yellow tang is not really eating and is breathing a little heavy. Upon closer inspection I saw it has red veiny lines along its face/beak and didn't know if it could be red streaks??

Nothing news been added to tank and all parameters stable.

 

[kevin2000]

Their is a sticky post at the top of the forum covering this problem.

 

[j_beau_13]

i know, i already read it and it doesn't show a picture or describe what it looks like very well.

 

[j_beau_13]

ANYBODY??

 

[kevin2000]

A picture is worth a thousand words

 

[j_beau_13]

My camera doesn't show the details. It's just thin red lines following down the front of his face on both sides, like veins.

I've searched everywhere and can't find a picture, plus the
search button never works on here.

Only problem with my tank is the water quality maybe a tiny bit bad bc my skimmer overflowed twice, dumping its contents back into the water. I do 5 gal wc weekly and I'm going to do a 10 gal change this weekend.

 

[kevin2000]

In general red splotches/lines on a tang are a sign of bacterial infection .. sometimes they clear up on there own if you improve water quality and feed nutritional food. If improving water quality etc doesn't work then you should put the fish in a Qt and treat with an antibiotic ... Maracyn 2 is readily available and should help (many recommend using twice the dosage suggested by the mfg.)

Hope this helps.

 

[j_beau_13]

ok thanx...just wanted to make sure that thats what he had

i bet it was from my stupid skimmer.