I recently bought a Zebra Vail Angel from a tank with one sick fish in it. The fish I bought was not sick at the time. Seven days after purchase, the Angel exibited white spots (4-6) on his pectoral fins. No spots were evident on his body. The Angel appeared agitated, vibrating his body and rubbing against the glass thermometer in the tank. I suspected Ich, but was not sure so I did not treat the tank immediately, I just added 1 tsp of salt per 5 gallons as a general tonic. The white spots disappeared from the Angel and reappeared on my Red Tailed Shark and two Rainbows (four Glow Light Tetras were and are unaffected). I then decided to treat the tank with Kick Ich. The Shark died over the past weekend, likely from the treatment. None of the fish have experienced a loss of appetite. The number of spots is down, but not entirely gone. I am still treating the tank. Do you think this was the correct treatment?
On another note, the fish in the tank were acting strangely during this whole episode. At one time, I saw the Shark lay on its side at the bottom of the tank while the Glow Lights appeared to pick at its skin, like salt water cleaner wrasses. The Shark would also run along the sides of the Rainbows with his mouth, like he was eating their slime coats. Is this behavior normal? Have you ever heard of such behaviors?
One last thing, about six days into quarentine, I noticed a clear nodule on my Angel's lip. The nodule was not an air bubble. The nodule looked like a clear glass bead about 1 millimeter in diameter. Later, I saw several of these nodules on a slime trail that was hanging from the Angels anus. Any ideas what these are? Just mucus or perhaps an egg of some animal/parasite.
On another note, the fish in the tank were acting strangely during this whole episode. At one time, I saw the Shark lay on its side at the bottom of the tank while the Glow Lights appeared to pick at its skin, like salt water cleaner wrasses. The Shark would also run along the sides of the Rainbows with his mouth, like he was eating their slime coats. Is this behavior normal? Have you ever heard of such behaviors?
One last thing, about six days into quarentine, I noticed a clear nodule on my Angel's lip. The nodule was not an air bubble. The nodule looked like a clear glass bead about 1 millimeter in diameter. Later, I saw several of these nodules on a slime trail that was hanging from the Angels anus. Any ideas what these are? Just mucus or perhaps an egg of some animal/parasite.
