well..here's the story
last week i baught a nice looking adult pearlscale angel from the LFS, this was the last fish i planned on getting for the 55.
i have never purchsed a sick fish from them before, so i made the incredibly stupid decision to not quarantine, after a day in my 55, it started showing signs of illness, fins clamped, shyness, no feeding response,.
i put in a mix of pimafix ad melafix wich seemed to work, the fins looked better and it was out more, but still no feeeding response, the next day it was dead
this was the 4th angel to be introduced to my tank, after it died, my male koi angel started to show the same symptoms, a day later, he died, after that, my large marble angel...my favorite fish in the whole tank, started showing symptoms, and last night, she died, she was 6 1/2 years old
i had another smaller koi female in there, but she was taken out and placed into a different tank, she was not showing any symptoms, and now seems to be much more active and eating well, i also removed my discus, just in case
but the angels are the only ones who where affected, all the other fish(rams, cories, otos. and rasboras) are all fine, they are all eating, and very active
i suspect that a virus was introduced from the pearlscale angel, as the other angels are the only ones to be infected
so, in conclusion
for all the people who dont have quarantine tanks setup, i URGE you to get one set up, no matter where you get your fish from, and no matter how good they are taken care of, QUARANTINE, it was absolutely devastating to see my big beautiful angels dead
i have learned my lesson now, and set one back up last night
last week i baught a nice looking adult pearlscale angel from the LFS, this was the last fish i planned on getting for the 55.
i have never purchsed a sick fish from them before, so i made the incredibly stupid decision to not quarantine, after a day in my 55, it started showing signs of illness, fins clamped, shyness, no feeding response,.
i put in a mix of pimafix ad melafix wich seemed to work, the fins looked better and it was out more, but still no feeeding response, the next day it was dead
this was the 4th angel to be introduced to my tank, after it died, my male koi angel started to show the same symptoms, a day later, he died, after that, my large marble angel...my favorite fish in the whole tank, started showing symptoms, and last night, she died, she was 6 1/2 years old
i had another smaller koi female in there, but she was taken out and placed into a different tank, she was not showing any symptoms, and now seems to be much more active and eating well, i also removed my discus, just in case
but the angels are the only ones who where affected, all the other fish(rams, cories, otos. and rasboras) are all fine, they are all eating, and very active
i suspect that a virus was introduced from the pearlscale angel, as the other angels are the only ones to be infected
so, in conclusion
for all the people who dont have quarantine tanks setup, i URGE you to get one set up, no matter where you get your fish from, and no matter how good they are taken care of, QUARANTINE, it was absolutely devastating to see my big beautiful angels dead
i have learned my lesson now, and set one back up last night
