Long story short, I was treating this YT for velvet, flukes, plus an infection (redness) near the eyes. LFS I got him from told me all YTs they get with this redness on the face die within 7 days.
I treated with CP, prazi, metro & kanamycin for 10 days. The redness around the face went away, but the fish stopped eating near tail-end of treatment. I assumed appetite suppression from all the meds. So, I decided it was time to transfer him into a non-medicated HT but did a FW dip just before to make sure all the flukes were gone.
He didn't do well in the FW dip, so I had to get him out after 2-3 mins. Initially he seemed fine in the HT, but then started looking worse & worse. He developed these red marks (photos below) behind his pectoral fins (both sides). Similar to how the infection looked (but had cleared) near his eyes. All environmental factors (i.e. pH, ammonia) check out fine.
This photo was taken in QT just 30 mins before all the mayhem started.
This is postmortem (6 hrs later). This "red cut" appears on both sides of the fish.
According to the anatomy of a Zebrasoma Tang (below) these red marks look very close to where the liver is. Thoughts anyone?
I treated with CP, prazi, metro & kanamycin for 10 days. The redness around the face went away, but the fish stopped eating near tail-end of treatment. I assumed appetite suppression from all the meds. So, I decided it was time to transfer him into a non-medicated HT but did a FW dip just before to make sure all the flukes were gone.
He didn't do well in the FW dip, so I had to get him out after 2-3 mins. Initially he seemed fine in the HT, but then started looking worse & worse. He developed these red marks (photos below) behind his pectoral fins (both sides). Similar to how the infection looked (but had cleared) near his eyes. All environmental factors (i.e. pH, ammonia) check out fine.
This photo was taken in QT just 30 mins before all the mayhem started.
This is postmortem (6 hrs later). This "red cut" appears on both sides of the fish.
According to the anatomy of a Zebrasoma Tang (below) these red marks look very close to where the liver is. Thoughts anyone?
