sick Achilles Tang

Tonight I just noticed that my Achilles Tang has what looks like a zit right on his left eye.  I am guessing that it is ick, but I am not for sure.  He is swiming and eating normal other than his eye he looks just fine.  All my other fish are just fine no other syptoms to speak of.  Please let me know what to do so all my fish dont die and hopefully help him get better.  Thanks JT

I have only had him for two weeks, he eats like a pig so hopefully he will pull out of it.  thanks for the help.  JT

Eating is a good chance of survival, Achille like everyone said is really tough to keep it alive on captivity, i tried with a copperband manage to survive for a month, im terrible keeping this type of fish

No simple answer here.

Is there a Cleaner Shrimp in the tank?

No guarantees, but I have seen Cleaner Shrimp pick at problems/sores/etc. on fish until it was gone. If this is truly Pop-eye, this may not help, but if it is a parasite or other sore, the fish may let the Cleaner do it's job.

Skunk Cleaner or Fire Shrimp will do. Try to choose one that actually is cleaning in the LFS tank.

Acclimate by exchanging water slowly over 45-60 minutes in a good plastic container. Release it with lights out and watch it move around. They are prone to heart failure within minutes after introduction. Sometimes, it seems there is nothing we can do to stop that, but if you catch the shrimp dieing, soon after introduction, maybe the LFS will give you a replacement.

Oh, I assume you were feeding Garlic Oil for the first few days or so. Not a bad idea to do some more.

Hope this helps.

Do you have a pic of the Tang?

Fish died, thanks for all your help.

Sad to hear. Those are really nice fish. are you planning to substitute your Tang?

I'm sorry to hear about your fish.  We have all bought fish and lost them.  Achilles are difficult even for the most seasoned hobbyists and most do not live long. 

those are guidlines. and your friend is certainly outside the norm and 200 gallons is a rule. its a guideline. there are a lot of factors that the achilles tangs need... high turnover rate, extremely oxygenated water, Pristine water quality, calm tankmates, Lots of really random high flow. Even if he has one now in a 110 it is not big enough for that fish long term. Fish grow... which is why a lot of them SHOULDNt be kept in tanks.. they outgrow even the largest personal tanks. I dont think anyone should buy a fish that they cannot provide for long term. Because if you do.. you arent being responsible and ideas of rehoming it to a larger tank later are lofty. i see soo many tangs that have HLLE and are very obviously stressed in their tanks.. either because of size.. water quality or lack of food. Its terrible. I currently have a 12" dussimer tang that I took off someone else in the club.. it was living in a 150. The person had gotten it as a juvi and in a few years it was very quickly 10 inches... it had HLLE very bad and had a hard time comfortably turning around in the tank. He now lives in a 300 gallon and is soon moving into a 900 gallon. he is honestly... too large for the 300, but thats the best he is going to get right now. His HLLE has completely healed with the larger tank etc and he is a totally differnt fish. comes out of the water on the top to get his nose rubbed just like a dolphin. In his other tank he was skittish.. hid often and only came out for food. we are the stewards of this hobby and we need to be responsible about our purchases.