Yellow tang has lots of tiny black spots

[Kylepope2020]

Can someone please help identify these black spots please is it black ich

 

[A Young Reefer]

black ich?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can someone please help identify these black spots please is it black ich

They're turbellarian worms often called black ich and they primarily feed off the given fish itself and can be successfully treated in quarantine with PraziPro (praziquantel) and even given a freshwater dip in water the same temperature as display tank in a clean bucket prior to PraziPro.
Increase oxygen with an air stone during treatment as Prazi often reduces oxygen slightly.
Treament is 8 days followed by water change and one more 8 day interval if needed- Dose for ONE eight day interval, not daily

 

[Kylepope2020]

They're turbellarian worms often called black ich and they primarily feed off the given fish itself and can be successfully treated in quarantine with PraziPro (praziquantel) and even given a freshwater dip in water the same temperature as display tank in a clean bucket prior to PraziPro.
Increase oxygen with an air stone during treatment as Prazi often reduces oxygen slightly.
Treament is 8 days followed by water change and one more 8 day interval if needed- Dose for ONE eight day interval, not daily

I am from the uk. I don’t seem to be able to find anywhere that stocks prazipro, would fluke solve be a good substitute?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Anything that contains praziquantel would work.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I am from the uk. I don’t seem to be able to find anywhere that stocks prazipro, would fluke solve be a good substitute?

praziquantel or formalin based medication also works. Freshwater dip will buy you some time

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Formalin tends to work better than praziquantel on this issue, because the worms are pretty deeply seated, and are not true flukes. Formalin is tough to source in Europe and the UK now. On the other hand, this issue is often self-limiting and goes away on its own.

My question is; this looks like a rather large tang. Back spot disease (turbellarians) are usually only seen in newly collected tangs. Do you know where it was collected? There are some being collected in Ogasawara Island, but they are really costly in the US.

Jay

 

[Kylepope2020]

Formalin tends to work better than praziquantel on this issue, because the worms are pretty deeply seated, and are not true flukes. Formalin is tough to source in Europe and the UK now. On the other hand, this issue is often self-limiting and goes away on its own.

My question is; this looks like a rather large tang. Back spot disease (turbellarians) are usually only seen in newly collected tangs. Do you know where it was collected? There are some being collected in Ogasawara Island, but they are really costly in the US.

Jay

I’ve owned it for over 2 years now and it was a good size when I got it, I assume it was back from when they where still collected from Hawaii

 

[Mark Goode]

Fluke Solve contains 50% praziquantel.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I’ve owned it for over 2 years now and it was a good size when I got it, I assume it was back from when they where still collected from Hawaii

And you haven’t added any new tangs or foxface during that time? I’ve never seen turbellarians show up in a long term captive like that - strange!
Jay