Sick angelfish

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Blueiz

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Sep 5, 2005
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I purchased a full grown angel this past Saturday. Its been fine since putting it in the tank, up until today. I was looking at the tank and noticed that it did not have its tail fanned out all the way, on closer inspection it appears to have a white, cloudy coat over its body and what appears to be a few possible ich spots. I have currently started the salt treatment, just in case..wont hurt anything if it is not ich... What Im wanting to know is, is there anything else it could be? All the other fish in the tank are fine, paramters are 0,0,~20, with a ph of ~6. Tank is planted, no aggresion issues in the tank.

And this is why we use QT, so we dont have to treat a 75 g tank for one fish...:grinyes: :wall: :confused:

Thanks,
Blue
 
It could be fungus and an ich. I agree that the ich treatment can not hurt.
 
Update: Im still not sure what exactly it is.. BUT, the fish is looking better and a bit more active this am. The cloudy slime cat is going away, the tail just isnt as fanned out as it could be.

I havent seen the fish flash at all, I am keeping a close eye on it for ich spots tho..
 
Heres an update of my fish. Altho it still has a white haze on its body, it is fanning its tail out for the most part now, still has a vigorous appetite, and is showing more interest in its habitat. Im wondering if putting it in clean water vs the water from the pet store had a reverse affect on it and made it sick?

Fingers are crossed that it makes a 100 percent recovery, it appears to have already paired with my female and Im looking for a spawn any day now..

Blue
 
I've seen this happen when introducing my wilds to my water from the importers water.

I kept the water clean and actually used pima/mela fix. it seemed to help (tho I still believe clean water was what actually helped.)

2 of the 6 had this where the slime coat appeared to be sloughing off.

they are all healed now. tho in to tanks I moved them to ..i am still delaing with an occasional outbreak of protozoa.(sx=capillaria)
 
Maybe to big of a change from the LFS water? I would still keep the changes up just to help it adjust. Glad it is eating, that is always a good sign, blueiz!
 
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