New to this forum. I hope someone here can give me insight into the repeat deaths I've had with this species. They all came from the same online provider. They were all different sizes. I QT'd with Lifeguard as is standard for me. Changed 1/2 the water and kept in Qt for another 10days/2weeks. First one looked fine, eating well, so I then put in the display. Was picked on quite a bit but seemed to be holding it's own. Then it started to get raggedy fins (Biting?)then a dark brown face and blotchy brown skin coloration. It was eating well though, so I thought it was on the mend and would be OK. It had dissapeared when I returned from 3 weeks away. (tank sitter not the issue!) The second fish turned dark in QT and died. My third one: It's face was dark when I received it, but it looked completely normal color the next morning. It was a greedy eater from the start; finished its QT fine. I added to display and it hid a bit, but was bigger and tougher than the others and it was happily swimming with the rest and chowing down with the best. After a week or so it started to discolor like the others, but was eating well. I left it another week, then caught it; did a freshwater dip with meth blue/malach green and put in QT. Ran a course of Lifeguard and fed antibiotics (erythro gel) for a week - no change in color! It died 2 days ago and was plump and eating great 'til the moment it keeled over. I love this tang but I can't justify another life I can't treat properly. Can anyone out there please tell me what killed these fish?
PS I have photos, but the site keeps telling me they're invalid (they're just jpegs). So help with the upload, or I can send to another e-address for anyone who wants to see?
PS I have photos, but the site keeps telling me they're invalid (they're just jpegs). So help with the upload, or I can send to another e-address for anyone who wants to see?
