HLLE on Blue Tang?

[IHaveCrabs]

Can HLLE develop over a 12-20 hour period with very intense carbon usage?

Video... Blue Tang. Sorry it doesn't look better!

https://vimeo.com/187732650

 

[Kevin Says]

Yes. That was my experience. It will reverse if you stop using carbon.

 

[#theMatrix]

Ted and his 300g tank gave his emperor angelfish head lateral line from carbon.
Ive heard it can give fish Hole in head as well when its an inferior carbon.

So its as why i only use carbon in QT to remove medicine. And not in DT

 

[madjoe]

Carbon has been known to do it they dont always get healed but ive had good luck with feeding pellets as main diet and haveing its heal maybe sombody took a chunk out of it and its not hole in head

 

[IHaveCrabs]

That's crazy. Thanks for all the replies. It happened within 20 hours of running a large amount of inferior carbon (marineland) which was all my lfs had in Stock at the time.

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[IHaveCrabs]

https://vimeo.com/187747870

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[Illinijoe]

Strange I thought Marin land was a better carbon according to some research I found online. If you have an emergency I have some DFS Carbon you can have.just come get it.

 

[IHaveCrabs]

Yeah that's actually what I hear. I just assumed it was inferior based on the price! Good news

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[jrpark22000]

Marineland is a lignite based carbon, it's better than bituminous but still inferior to ROX. Lignite will still cause HLLE as stated by many reefers.

 

[Kevin Says]

Lignite carbon has most dust. From HLLE perspective, it's probably the worst. And yes, it was Marineland carbon that gave my hippo HLLE. But apparently no long term health effects as it has been with me for about 8 years.

 

[Illinijoe]

Which carbons are safer?

 

[jrpark22000]

Which carbons are safer?

ROX. Nothing else that's commonly available is considered safe.

 

[Illinijoe]

ROX. Nothing else that's commonly available is considered safe.

Thanks I did not know. I was planning on getting a tang when I upgrade tanks and I'm currently using DFS Carbon. I'll switch over to rox now.

 

[IHaveCrabs]

So after doing more research, I believe this to be a head injury due to hitting the rocks. This is likely attributed to the toxins created by the flatworm's death and their affect on the fish (darting and losing their ability to maintain balance).

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[IHaveCrabs]

Great news. My Blue Tang has a decent battle scar but he never skipped a beat.

For reference I treated with Focus and MetroPlex to prevent infection for three days.