Yellow Tang Question

[Avalanche1201]

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Red streaks or blotches in Yellow Tangs is due to bacterial infection. This is often due to water quality or shipping conditions if the tang is a recent import.

Often just a series of water changes to improve water quality, along with an examination of the filtration system and necessary improvements for long term stability, is sufficient to clear this up in several days.

However, should the above steps not cause improvement in the tangs condition within 2 or 3 days or the redness appears to get worse than it is time to break out the antibiotics. Generally it is best to treat in a seperate Quarantine Tank (QT) as antibiotics could negatively effect filtration in a FO tank and are certainly not good to use in a reef tank. The best antibiotics for Red Streak are usually Nitrofuran or Kanacyn IME. For those using Spectogram without any results I would suggest switching to Kanacyn as Nitrofuran is an ingredient in Spectrogram.

My yellow tang has kind of the same symptoms, accept he has a red spot on both sides of his body with a horrizontal white streak going through both of them. Could this also be cured w/ a water change, and checking the levels of everything? as well as a some diet changes?



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i would have posted in the "Treating Yellow Tangs with Red Streaks or Blotches" topic but it was closed

 

[ufchristyb]

Is this red spot present during the day or just after the lights are out at night?

The white stripe is a normal part of the coloration of the fish and is typically very visible after dark.

--Christy

 

[Steven Pro]

The horizontal white streak is likely normal, but the red spots are not. Double check pH, alkalinity, nitrate, etc. and perform a few water changes when in doubt.