I have a 70 gallon lightly planted tank with a 50 gallon sump. Some of you may remember I was having some issues with my tank a few weeks ago (lost quite a few fish), but I took a bag of carbon out of my sump, and all my fish stopped dying. So I thought that was the problem, as my water parameters are all normal.
I've had very little luck with angels. I'll buy them from the store and bring them home, they will be happy and swimming around, good appetite, then after a few weeks of being okay they will take a turn for the worse, and seemingly overnight I'll lose them. I thought it may have been because of the size they sell them at at the pet store (dime sized bodies), and being that they're a pretty fragile fish to begin with. All my other fish (upside down catfish, sparkling gourami, and a school of white cloud dithers) are all doing great.
Last week, I picked up three larger sized angels (3 inch bodies) from a lady off Craigslist. She had them in a pretty dirty, overstocked 10 gallon, and I figured if they lived long enough to get that big in her setup, they must be pretty tough. They have been eating well and were active, until this morning I noticed one of them has clamped fins and is hanging out at the bottom of the tank. At this point, I am beyond frustrated. I feel like I'm running an angel euthanasia clinic out of my tank.
It seems weird that if it was stress caused, it would take a week to show any symptoms, when it has been active and eating well this whole time. It's hard to imagine it would be parasite caused, if it hadn't shown up in their previous setup. Water temp. stays at 82F, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites. My water is hard, but I think that's just this whole area, so that shouldn't have been any different in their previous setup.
I will be grateful for any suggestions or opinions at this point. I'm about ready to just move my cat and gourami into a smaller tank, and let my fiance take over my tank to put something big and scary in.
I've had very little luck with angels. I'll buy them from the store and bring them home, they will be happy and swimming around, good appetite, then after a few weeks of being okay they will take a turn for the worse, and seemingly overnight I'll lose them. I thought it may have been because of the size they sell them at at the pet store (dime sized bodies), and being that they're a pretty fragile fish to begin with. All my other fish (upside down catfish, sparkling gourami, and a school of white cloud dithers) are all doing great.
Last week, I picked up three larger sized angels (3 inch bodies) from a lady off Craigslist. She had them in a pretty dirty, overstocked 10 gallon, and I figured if they lived long enough to get that big in her setup, they must be pretty tough. They have been eating well and were active, until this morning I noticed one of them has clamped fins and is hanging out at the bottom of the tank. At this point, I am beyond frustrated. I feel like I'm running an angel euthanasia clinic out of my tank.
It seems weird that if it was stress caused, it would take a week to show any symptoms, when it has been active and eating well this whole time. It's hard to imagine it would be parasite caused, if it hadn't shown up in their previous setup. Water temp. stays at 82F, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites. My water is hard, but I think that's just this whole area, so that shouldn't have been any different in their previous setup.
I will be grateful for any suggestions or opinions at this point. I'm about ready to just move my cat and gourami into a smaller tank, and let my fiance take over my tank to put something big and scary in.