HLLE
Parasitic
🟡 Moderate
Head and Lateral Line Erosion
🦠 Nutritional deficiency, poor water quality, Hexamita, activated carbon (disputed)
📋 Overview
HLLE is now understood as multifactorial - poor diet, poor water quality, stray voltage, and possibly some brands of activated carbon have all been implicated.
📊 Key Facts
Causative Agent
Nutritional deficiency, poor water quality, Hexamita, activated carbon (disputed)
Primary Host
Marine tangs, angelfish, freshwater discus and oscars
Vaccine
✗ None / Experimental
💊 Treatment
⚠️ No universally approved treatment is currently available. The information below covers supportive care and experimental approaches.
Diverse vitamin-enriched diet with garlic, nori, and fresh foods. Excellent water quality. Remove activated carbon (as a precaution).