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Old 10-21-2009, 09:26 PM   #1
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Blue Tang, hole in head/lateral line?


My blue tang is really looking bad. It all started with a little loss of color on face, now its going down the sides to the tail. Six months ago one fish store said it was a nutrition deficiency and to try selcon, I have used it every day and now fish is worse. I have had this fish for a year and a half, and have always fed seaweed, frozen food and a little flake. My other tang (scopas) has a little bit above the eyes, but it has never got any worse.
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Old 10-21-2009, 10:02 PM   #2
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Have any of you had this problem? Can fish be saved?
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Old 10-21-2009, 10:59 PM   #3
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Is your tank grounded?That saved mine yrs ago!
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Old 10-21-2009, 11:09 PM   #4
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Ditto on the grounding probe, but I am more concerned about three nutritional parameters:
  • What veggies are you feeding the fish?
  • What percentage of the diet is composed of this?
  • How are you administering the Selcon? How much? How often?

Also, do you have access to Stephen Spotte's textbook: "Captive Seawater Fishes"?
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