Need help treating angelfish; what meds should I use? How do I prevent this?
Hi all, I am new and sorry if this doesn’t count as an emergency I couldn’t find a sick fish section.
My beautiful striped angelfish grew well and was very healthy and then I got a new blue boy that grew fast and decided to pair with a female that the striped one liked. The new blue angel relentlessly bullied the striped angelfish, this went on for months, usually nipping at him anytime he was out in the swim space until he would hide in some plants in a corner. I had hoped they’d figure it out and added an extra female to the tank but it seems that stripes has gotten worse, he has yellow and red tint more than usual, torn fins, has not been as mobile, and has fuzz on one eye and a wound on his head. Currently have him in a quarantine tank and using melafix but I am sure there’s better stuff out there just not sure what I should be using? He hasn’t eaten since I put him in yesterday but is holding himself upright just fine, but does like to lean on walls.
The main fish tank is 250 gallons, had 8 angelfish, I just removed Stripes and one of his same aged females just randomly passed away a few days ago which was a surpris. Parameters look fine but I did a water change right away. We do have hard water and a high pH.
Other tank mates include: black ghost knifefish, Senegal bichir, black red tail shark (very old lady at 17 years old), Rosaline sharks/Denison barbs, clown loaches, pleco, SAE, Bolivian rams, and an opaline Gourami. No one else bullies the angelfish except the other angelfish.
Tank has live plants, and here were parameters from most recent test (using strip, I cant keep up with the liquid tests anymore)
I usually add some vinegar to lower pH to closer to 7.8 but I guess it’s been creeping back up. Ammonia test is separate but from experience they pretty much always read .25 ppm in my tanks with our tap water.
Hi all, I am new and sorry if this doesn’t count as an emergency I couldn’t find a sick fish section.
My beautiful striped angelfish grew well and was very healthy and then I got a new blue boy that grew fast and decided to pair with a female that the striped one liked. The new blue angel relentlessly bullied the striped angelfish, this went on for months, usually nipping at him anytime he was out in the swim space until he would hide in some plants in a corner. I had hoped they’d figure it out and added an extra female to the tank but it seems that stripes has gotten worse, he has yellow and red tint more than usual, torn fins, has not been as mobile, and has fuzz on one eye and a wound on his head. Currently have him in a quarantine tank and using melafix but I am sure there’s better stuff out there just not sure what I should be using? He hasn’t eaten since I put him in yesterday but is holding himself upright just fine, but does like to lean on walls.
The main fish tank is 250 gallons, had 8 angelfish, I just removed Stripes and one of his same aged females just randomly passed away a few days ago which was a surpris. Parameters look fine but I did a water change right away. We do have hard water and a high pH.
Other tank mates include: black ghost knifefish, Senegal bichir, black red tail shark (very old lady at 17 years old), Rosaline sharks/Denison barbs, clown loaches, pleco, SAE, Bolivian rams, and an opaline Gourami. No one else bullies the angelfish except the other angelfish.
Tank has live plants, and here were parameters from most recent test (using strip, I cant keep up with the liquid tests anymore)
| Iron | 0 |
| Copper | 0 |
| Nitrate | 50 |
| Nitrite | 0 |
| Chlorine | 0 |
| Gh | 150 |
| TAL (total alkalinity) | 120 |
| Carbonate (Kh) | 300 |
| Ph | 8.4? |
