Is My Angel Dying?

[James42a]

I have had a single marble angelfish for 4 years now. I have Never had the tank crash, isease outbreak anything atall infact i still have 5 original Cardinal tetras from the first year. My angel has spent the last day or so floating lifelessly round the tank almost as if it cant be bothered to swim. It hides in rocks and under the bogwood breathing slowly and takes a long time to come out to eat when he used to be first in line. i have just placed food in the tank and he is now just staring up at the side of the tank ignoring the food. Anyone got any ideas whats going on the only recent change is that i bought bloodworm from a diferent LFS meaning it was a different brand to what was normaly fed. Could this be just old age?

 

[jb12288]

to me it just sounds like old age. What are you water parameters?

 

[James42a]

to me it just sounds like old age. What are you water parameters?

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 8
PH 7.2

The tank is 100l with a polka dot loach, 10 cardinals and 2 clown plecs aswell as the angel

 

[jb12288]

to me it just sounds like old age. What are you water parameters?

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 8
PH 7.2

The tank is 100l with a polka dot loach, 10 cardinals and 2 clown plecs aswell as the angel

It just sounds like old age, but is that 8 ppm on your nitrate?

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

to me it just sounds like old age. What are you water parameters?

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 8
PH 7.2

The tank is 100l with a polka dot loach, 10 cardinals and 2 clown plecs aswell as the angel

It just sounds like old age, but is that 8 ppm on your nitrate?

8 PPM on nitrate is no problem at all...


I am not sure what it is to be honest... 5 years of age seems too young to be old age...

Is the fish eating?

 

[Unseen]

when i had a pair of angels, my male died exactly the same way. he just gave up life i suppose. he didn't move much and was aimlessly floating around. he was fairly big when i got him so i assumed it was old age. i never got to know since he didn't appear to be ill or anything the day before.

 

[Thomas 2507]

It can't be old age because angels typically live much longer than four years.

Maybe you introduced a disease or something with the bloodworms? I dunno.

Maybe it's just like... the end of his life sort of thing. Not old age.

 

[James42a]

He was quit big when i got him i would say about 1.5 - 2 inches. He is flat out refusing food and is hiding in a corner infront of the filterbox behind a thin wall of vallis. he has large patches on him where he is just white instead of the silver/black/gold everywhere else. The areas dont look painfull just white.

 

[James42a]

he is still in the same place breathing slowly and not moving, he did not come out to be fed earlier and is just slowly waving his fins every now and again

 

[James42a]

He's dead

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

You should have gotten back to us earlier, we could have saved him. Sounds like a case of internal parasites to me... Not too hard to treat...


Sorry for the lose, RIP.