White Patch/Purple Tang (1 Viewer)

[aqua-nut]

My purple tang has a dime-sized white patch on him today, just below his driver's side fin.

It's not like something on the surface of his body. It's more like a complete lack of pigment.

Anyone seen this before?

How should I treat it?

 

[Guest]

My puffer had the same thing on him once but it was because he got too close to my RBTA.....small water change and he was back to normal in a few days.


Not sure if it's the same thing as yours but it sounds similar.

 

[FireEater]

Mine has gotten that before and it clears up in no time. I think it is either from him hitting up against a rock or another fish.

Not sure though, but when I poke at him with my feeding stick to keep him away from the Sun Corals, I sometimes whack him. He will get off color spot like that from the hit.

Hardheaded little bleepity bleep bleep.

 

[aqua-nut]

Let's hope that's all it is. His head and lateral line disease got a lot worse a couple of months back, but I think he's healing up and it left a lot of scar tissue.

This white spot is something new for this fish though.

 

[skeeter76]

you never said if you have an anemone, ..

My purple tang once had that happen to it's nose, and I too atributed it to getting too close to my RBTA. Within days it was gone, with no ill effects.

 

[aqua-nut]

I can't seem to keep an anemone happy, so I don't keep them. He must have been stung by something else.

I do have some rather large aptasia anemones in the tank that I've been too lazy to eradicate with Joe's Juice.