Blonde Naso Tang

[Bomber]

I have had my blonde naso now for about a month now and only in the last few days he has started getting brown/black spots on him. There are a few small lnes of the brown/black stuffon him also? does anyone know what it could be?

hre are a few pic of him:

some of the spots you see are on the glass but if you look around the mouth, eye, and under the gills you can see the spots!

you can aee the spots agin! they also are just befor the tale starts

Can anyone help me??

 

[Lynden]

They can gain a blotchy brown and white colouration when stressed or sleeping... if the fish is still eating and acting well then just leave him for now.

 

[SkiFletch]

They can gain a blotchy brown and white colouration when stressed or sleeping... if the fish is still eating and acting well then just leave him for now.

What he said... Also feed often and varied of both meaty foods, spirulina enriched foods, and seaweed.

 

[Musho3210]

i heard garlic can also help them with their immune system.

 

[Lynden]

Well the truth is, it can't. However it can have a positive effect on the fish's (or any other free-living animal's) health. The reason? Nobody really knows for sure, but it may make the animal's flesh unpalatible to parasites. It certainly helps my domino damsel.

Feeding food enriched in both garlic and spirulina is a sure-fire way to help end small-scale infestations. Spirulina is, in my experience, amoung the healthiest foods one can eat.

 

[Bomber]

I NEED HELP! i think my blond naso is dieing! the spots have left him, but he just lies on the sand and randomly starts floping around and swimming upside down and banging into my rocks! whats wrong with him!!!!

 

[Lynden]

Sounds like a severely weakened fish, either by excess ammonia/nitrite or, more likely, parasites. Sorry to say that only once have I had a fish recover from this point, and it was a freshwater Pangasius by immediate removal from the offending, ammonia laden water and placement into a stable, clean environment.

 

[Musho3210]

we forgot to ask water parameters.....

 

[Musho3210]

Well the truth is, it can't. However it can have a positive effect on the fish's (or any other free-living animal's) health. The reason? Nobody really knows for sure, but it may make the animal's flesh unpalatible to parasites. It certainly helps my domino damsel.

Feeding food enriched in both garlic and spirulina is a sure-fire way to help end small-scale infestations. Spirulina is, in my experience, amoung the healthiest foods one can eat.

well..... wouldnt that have something to do with the immune system?

 

[Lynden]

Well, sort of... if fed constantly it would likely weaken the immune system, similar to the effect of constant hand-washing and those antibiotic lotions many people are obsessed with.