baby angel acting funny

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djfsolo

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I recently acquired some baby angels from the holiday roak thread, three of them. They have all been doing great, but as of recent, one has stopped eating. I've done a water change and checked parameters, everything is great, and the other livestock is doing well (2 other baby angels, 1 molly, 1 danio) in a 10g.

Any tips on what I can do to help it? Only thing I can think of doing is dosing with some salt but I don't see any visible sign of illness or injury. Don't want it to die!
 
I know you said the water is fine, but what are the exact readings, using a good liquid test kit.

You have increased the bio-load in that tank significantly and that 10 gallon tank will not last long with the addition of the three angels.
 
A large bio-load? Correct me if I am wrong but I thought the tank was adequately understocked, only 3 baby angels (2 inches at the largest), a molly and one glo-fish danio? Isn't that pretty roomy for a 10gal?

Again it is JUST this one angel that is acting funny out of the three. It will not eat. It will glance at food. It seems to swim normally and react well-enough to my finger (to avoid it and such)

I conduct water changes on a weekly basis and occasionally just detoxify with Prime at random for good measure
 
Rbishop said:
I know you said the water is fine, but what are the exact readings, using a good liquid test kit.

You have increased the bio-load in that tank significantly and that 10 gallon tank will not last long with the addition of the three angels.
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I agree with both statements by Rbishop. How long has your tank been up running? How long have they been in there?

The angel fish will definitely outgrow a 10g tank. Minimum for should be at least 30g for them.
 
Alright guys. I should've provided details to illustrate that I am not a moron. I am currently out of town so I can't give parameters until this Sunday.

Anyway- the tank has been running for about 5 months. I received the baby angels early December, and they have been healthy since- I only noticed this behavior recently.

I am feeding tetra flakes, and this is all they have been eating.

I understand that they will outgrow the 10 gallon. These are babies. I do not want to move them into the 55 with the larger fish until I think they can handle themselves.

Does anyone else have any theories to add besides water parameters? Until I can get them, I would appreciate you guys to assume they are good rather than bad. I don't think water is to blame because every other fish is healthy and acting 100% normal.

Thanks for the help thus far.
 
There weren't any physical signs of harm... I find it to be really odd, and kinda sad. I couldn't do much of anything to help it.

Is there something wrong with keeping an odd number of angels?
 
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