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02/01/2018, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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This doesn't look right to me - sick fish
So, I have been on Craigslist looking for an appropriate aquarium for me to start with saltwater. And I see this person who has a complete set up, with fish, for sale, a really good deal monetarily. Some of the coral looks beautiful, but then I see a picture of a Blue Tang, and somehow this just doesn't look right. This fish looks very ill to me.
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02/01/2018, 08:13 PM | #2 |
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02/01/2018, 11:04 PM | #3 |
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A super bad case of HLLE!
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02/02/2018, 06:07 AM | #4 |
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Poor tang, that's sad to see.
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02/02/2018, 07:47 AM | #5 |
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Poor fishie. HLLE is such a poorly understood ailment. Not really any known 'cures'. Improved diet often helps but fish is often left permanently scarred if pitting got deep enough I wouldn't really worry about purchasing the aquarium especially if it is a super good deal. If you maintain the aquarium well and potentially improve diet, then you might very well be able to reverse the condition. HLLE is more a 'condition' then a 'disease' often due to poor diet, poor water quality, possibly cheapo carbon, etc. That fish, however, will likely be permanently scarred.
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