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Old 09-19-2008, 02:37 PM   #1
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Black spot on my tang

My hippo tang has black spots on him! Can anyone tell me what this is.
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Old 09-19-2008, 04:22 PM   #2
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Could be any number of things. How long have they been there? And can you get any pictures?
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Old 09-19-2008, 06:51 PM   #3
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a pic mite help.
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Old 09-19-2008, 11:47 PM   #4
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the first thing that comes to mind just guessing as you have no pic would be black ich

you can google it and see
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Old 09-24-2008, 06:45 PM   #5
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Some type of Ich sounds possible to me too. Do you have a quarantine tank? If so put him in there for the time being just to be safe until you know for sure what it is.

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