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fishfreak1242

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HELP my kole tang is dying!!!

So I just got home today to find my kole tang in the back of my back of my tank on the ground sideways breathing heavely and it looks like he has some rotting or something on his fins, its hard to tell because of his position. I just checked my salinity and it's at 1.025. I am about to check my other parameters. Yesterday he seemed perfectly fine eating algae and seeming fine. What is wrong?? I have a feeling hes going to go soon.
 
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fishfreak1242

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Rotting fins sound like an injury. What other fish do you have in there? Also not long ago someone here had his hippo tang caught in a Vortech and cut up really bad.
The only other fish that I can think that could be aggressive towards him is my blenny. I'm not exactly sure which kind but he's black with white specs and has always seemed a little aggressive. I also have a sixline wrasse but he's never been aggressive towards my fish.
 

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How about inverts? Some crabs are pretty nasty towards fish. Anenomes are known to take fish as well. Maybe got cut by the blade in a PH? I don't know how that would be possible but my tangs always try to get near my PH to nip at the algae growing around it.
 

fishfreak1242

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How about inverts? Some crabs are pretty nasty towards fish. Anenomes are known to take fish as well. Maybe got cut by the blade in a PH? I don't know how that would be possible but my tangs always try to get near my PH to nip at the algae growing around it.
I have a Koralia 3 with some algae on it. He might have nipped at it. I don't have any crabs. At most I have 3. I don't have an anemone but I do have a frogspawn.
 

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Ok so I just took him out and put in a QT that I just made out of a 24 gal tote with a heater. He is starting to swim a little but he it is towards the top of the water. He is looking really pale and not so great at all.
 

BlueSi4

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Julien just hang in there. Try not to stress it too much.

I had some vitamins I used to dose, not sure if I gave them to you, but you can add a little that might help out.
 

fishfreak1242

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Julien just hang in there. Try not to stress it too much.

I had some vitamins I used to dose, not sure if I gave them to you, but you can add a little that might help out.
I put some external parasite medication in with him and some brine and garlic. I don't think you gave me any vitamins, but i'll go check.
 

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Unfortunately, Reggie the tang didn't make it. I went downstairs to check on him and he wasn't moving at all. I took him out with a net and he still didn't move. So for the next month or so i'm going to be looking at the rest of my fish very carefully to make sure they didn't catch whatever he had.
 

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