Yellow Tang problem ?

[GTP Guy]

I've never seen him being chased or bullied before. We have a Niger trigger and they acted like best friends. At this time we don't have any corals for himrohave munched on. Someone told me he might have some type of parasite or worm, so setting up the qt tank and rising him seems to be in my near future. Yay

[GTP Guy]

Ok, he developed red patches near his tail, fortunately he is now in a 10 Gal QT tank and being dosed with Ekto-marine for a broad spectrum of coverage as well as slime coat repairer. I put 1 Tsp. of the ekto-marine powder for the 10 gal aquarium, anyone know the measurements (they're in Mg on the box) silly euros might need to up the dosage but I'm not too sure on the conversion factors.

help ?

[Red Deer Reptiles]

the last time i checked adding chemicals to a tank without the proper dosage is crazy .in the future phone a saltwater store near you. books are available . goodluck dan

[GTP Guy]

I didn't just add randomly LOL ... I did a conversion ... but I put under what I converted it to just for safety purposes. I was just wondering if anybody knew the absolute proper dosage ?

[Johnny Reefer]

1 milligram = 0.000 035 273 961 95 ounce. Seriously.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_common.htm

[banditpowdercoat]

And thats for MASS measurements, not volume. It's pretty hard to convert a weight measure to a volume.

I use this little free program for converting anything to almost anything else. Its great

http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows/

[GTP Guy]

Johnny you had me scared for a minute there ... I found a rough conversion from grams to Tsp. and it came out to 2.6 Tsp for a 10 gal aquarium. so I'm a little low, but I'm going to leave it where it sits for now and see what happens. When you treat a fish for a bacterial infection (I think that's what it is, red spots and all) how long do they usually take to shoe signs of improvement ?

[Johnny Reefer]

Calculator doesn't go over that far ? But really, I don't see how you can convert mg to tsp without knowing the density of the product. One tsp of feathers is quite different than one tsp of lead. How many mg per gallon does this stuff say to use? What you really need, to be exact, is a scale. Perhaps a fine precision one, at that, depending on your dosage requirements. JMO.

[GTP Guy]

UPDATE !!!!

He's all better now, I don't know what he had but the ekto-marin got rid of it. He's all vibrant again and eating like a vacuum once again. YAY for QT tanks

[naesco]

Originally Posted by GTP Guy

UPDATE !!!!

He's all better now, I don't know what he had but the ekto-marin got rid of it. He's all vibrant again and eating like a vacuum once again. YAY for QT tanks

Good to hear.
Someone once said that yellow tangs are the canary in marine fish tanks.
If your water quality is not up to par yellow tangs are the ones to let you know.
If you are not doing so, please do regular water changes and I am sure you will have the yellow tang for many years.