FallenAngel
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My black striped angel fish is slowly beginning to have tiny white spots appear on his body and I cannot decide it it is a parasite, disease, or injury. They have been appearing slowly for a couple months now and I never really thought about it because none of the other fish have them and the angel in question is not acting odd. I sort of assumed they where just bubbles or oddly angled scales I suppose. He is not scratching or rubbing against objects either. Today I looked at them again more closely and he seems to have more than he did last week and they sort of look like they may have loose flesh around them although it is hard to tell (I thought maybe a parasite coming out but the fuzzy stuff is not moving). He also has small shiny black dot near his tail that came up when the shiny white ones did, and a hole in the top of his top fin. I have another angel and they both bully each other occassionally, so I was wondering g if it could be injuries inflicted by the other as well. Maybe displaced scales and small wounds? What are youlls thoughts?
The tank has been running for about a year and all the fish are from it's beginning except a panda Cory I bought today and the tetras and peppered Cory are from another tank I had before this one but have been in this one from the beginning. Tank is 30 gallon with AquaClear 70 filter, live and fake plant mix, sand soil, and driftwood.
Tank mates:
•1 other angel of equal size
•3 leapord cories, 1 peppered Cory, 1 panda cory
•3 kuhli loaches
•3 nerite snails
•5 rosy finned tetras
•1 clown pleco
Water parameters as of today:
Ph: 7.6 (high for angels but it's been this way since I first set up the tank)
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: either 10 or 20 ppm
I did get behind on cleaning not too long ago because of family issues. I typically do a water change every 2 months which I do know is not enough. I also have to use purigen and prime in the tank because our tap water has ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates in it straight from the sink which I know is crazy and unbelievable but I tested it when I could not get control of the parameters and discovered that was the cause. I did test it right, they are in the tap water, I know that's bad but the tank is not effected because of the prime and purigen. If you have anymore questions please let me know! I hope you'll can help!!!
Ps: let me know if you need another photo angle! (I was also wondering if the other angel could be ramming him and displacing the scales or if that was even possible. They both pick on eachother, and it never seems to get that violent, just the normal pecking order stuff. The other angel also has a hole in a fin, but I can't see any spots on him although he is black and white so I might have just not seen them. The other fish definatly don't show anything though.
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The tank has been running for about a year and all the fish are from it's beginning except a panda Cory I bought today and the tetras and peppered Cory are from another tank I had before this one but have been in this one from the beginning. Tank is 30 gallon with AquaClear 70 filter, live and fake plant mix, sand soil, and driftwood.
Tank mates:
•1 other angel of equal size
•3 leapord cories, 1 peppered Cory, 1 panda cory
•3 kuhli loaches
•3 nerite snails
•5 rosy finned tetras
•1 clown pleco
Water parameters as of today:
Ph: 7.6 (high for angels but it's been this way since I first set up the tank)
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: either 10 or 20 ppm
I did get behind on cleaning not too long ago because of family issues. I typically do a water change every 2 months which I do know is not enough. I also have to use purigen and prime in the tank because our tap water has ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates in it straight from the sink which I know is crazy and unbelievable but I tested it when I could not get control of the parameters and discovered that was the cause. I did test it right, they are in the tap water, I know that's bad but the tank is not effected because of the prime and purigen. If you have anymore questions please let me know! I hope you'll can help!!!
Ps: let me know if you need another photo angle! (I was also wondering if the other angel could be ramming him and displacing the scales or if that was even possible. They both pick on eachother, and it never seems to get that violent, just the normal pecking order stuff. The other angel also has a hole in a fin, but I can't see any spots on him although he is black and white so I might have just not seen them. The other fish definatly don't show anything though.
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