Help Please

[scott133]

hi

the bluefaced angel i bought the otherday has developed bacterial and look pritty bad is there anything i can do for him

and what should i treat him with

regards scott

ment to say its on his scales so whats best for treatment

regards scott

 

[ben1987]

gutted for you scott.

Pm wombat over on UR.

 

[scott133]

cant pm on ultimate reef mate i have pm about it and there working on it so if its possible could you find out for me

soz to coz you troble

thanks scott

 

[kj23502]

sorry to hear that


Good Luck. I'm not much for advice on this sort of stuff.


Well I can offer this:

http/www.wetwebmedia.com/mardisindex.htm

Disease: Definitions, Causes, Types, Conditions

Has a WHOLE LOT of info

 

[Buddyboy67]

Still an old fan of the good old fresh water bath myself scott...balance temp and ph and give him a dip....wombat's yer man but

 

[scott133]

yeh i am the same fw dips dose help but not with the blue faced angel the can die of shock so thats a no no for me just stuck the uv on so hopefully that should help a bit thanks for the info kj

kind regards scott

 

[Buddyboy67]

Hope all goes well scott...stunning fish, shame they're so delicate but

 

[scott133]

yeh so did i he is a stunner but hardly seen him since i put him in the main tank just this afternoon my wife call to tell me i even left work to look at him lol but i am hoping for the best so well se how he is in the morning he is still eating well and feeding nori also so being well fed .

should a uv help

rregards scott

 

[Buddyboy67]

Do these guys produce a mucus layer when introduced to new water ??? Remember a few angels doing this in the shop and it simply "peeling back" and vanishing after about a week.
Uv can do no harm mate but normally pops free swimming stages of any pathogen...

 

[scott133]

no bud they dont produce a layer of mucus on the blue face emperor angels yes,rockbeautys,etc

 

[SkiFletch]

Hey Scott, a UV probably wouldn't help at all if it really is bacterial since they don't go through free-swimming stages. If you're sure it's bacterial you might want to try an antibiotic course. It's kind of a shot in the dark which spectrum you use (gram negative or gram positive) unless you can really figure out the disease and which type it is. You CAN double up with both antibiotics at the same time, but you really risk crashing your bacterial filter if you do it that way...

 

[scott133]

thanks for the info ski i am not chansing that tho but i am striping the tank down as i type so i can add him in a sick tank so i will use the antibiotics

thanks for your help

regards scott