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In article 8183@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM, drchambe@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Dennis Chamberlin) writes:
>In article <1993Jan5.164841.17704@mr.med.ge.com> demma@south (Tom Demma x7-4308) writes:
>>I'm hoping that someone can give me some advice on treating what appears to
>>be a bacterial infection with my marine fish.  Since this site has decided
>> two of the Yellow Tangs developed red-colored streaking about the
>>dorsal and caudal fins, which developed into red blotches on the body
>>with loss of the bright yellow color that they normally have.  They're
>>still yellow, just not as bright as the one that appears unaffected.
>>
>My yellow tangs gradually developed a faint diffuse "blush" in some areas, red
>or rust-colored. The brilliant lemon yellow faded slightly, and became 
>variable. No diagnosis.
>
>This condition, whatever it was, did not seem to concern the fish much, only my perception of it. It persisted for months, but the fish continued to act normally and eat live, flake, and lettuce leaf foods. Ultimately, I lost the fish in a serious tank casualty, but I'm sure it was unrelated. Have seen this in 3 or 4
>different yellow tangs. I don't believe I ever attempted to medicate it.


My yellow tang also developed the same symptoms in the past, but the
cause was definately non-organic.

In the evenings, when we turned the room lights off, the tang would
sometimes become quite agitated.  He appeared to be fighting his
reflection on the surface of the glass...I could not tell whether the
red marks were "bruises", warning marks, or from high blood pressure :-)

Whatever the reason, the marks gradually faded after we started leaving
the room light on while the aquarium lights were on.  (Letting some algae
grow on the glass also seems to work, but isn't an ideal solution).

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