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Old 04-09-2008, 12:04 AM   #1 (permalink)
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My yellow tang has black dirt like specs on him, any ideas?
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Old 04-09-2008, 03:13 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I've heard velvet can appear as dark specs on fish - but i think that is in the really late stages and you would really know about it if your fish had that!


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Sounds like it could be black spot disease aka black ich but its not ich ..Looks like pepper sized spots on the fish


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Sounds Difficult to completely remove!

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