Was just hoping..... don't give up! You're too good for that! I'm really afraid of this virus. No signs or symptoms? I'm never adding new angels. How long cannot lie dormant? Meaning, could fish I've had 2 months have it?
Was just hoping..... don't give up! You're too good for that! I'm really afraid of this virus. No signs or symptoms? I'm never adding new angels. How long cannot lie dormant? Meaning, could fish I've had 2 months have it?
Was just hoping..... don't give up! You're too good for that! I'm really afraid of this virus. No signs or symptoms? I'm never adding new angels. How long cannot lie dormant? Meaning, could fish I've had 2 months have it?
This is why it's important to quarantine new fish regardless of where you got them.
Proper quarantine will allow you to spot potential problems before they hit your display tanks and cause huge problems.
Wait, I thought it might not show symptoms for a month. In fact, I thought angelfish aids had no symptoms until the very end, and if a fish were a carrier, he would never show symptoms? So, how would a quarantine help? I keep fish in a little tank for a week before adding them to my main tank. But the fish always seem to get sick after they are moved. How long are u supposed to quarantine? So, did you figure it out angelfish girl?
Wait, I thought it might not show symptoms for a month. In fact, I thought angelfish aids had no symptoms until the very end, and if a fish were a carrier, he would never show symptoms? So, how would a quarantine help? I keep fish in a little tank for a week before adding them to my main tank. But the fish always seem to get sick after they are moved. How long are u supposed to quarantine? So, did you figure it out angelfish girl?
You should qt for at least three weeks. I try to qt for a full month. If any symptoms pop up and you have to treat a disease, you should qt them for another three weeks after the treatment is complete. A week isn't really long enough but within 3-4 weeks most diseases will show themselves if they are still in a dormant stage in the fish when you buy them.
And in the case of a carrier you probably wouldn't find out in qt unless there were other angels in the qt at the same time that weren't immune. That's one of the things that make "angelfish aids" or "the angelfish plague" such a scary disease. And you're right, the only symptoms show up at the end - I've had fish go from seemingly healthy to dead from this in a matter of hours.
How common IS this disease? And no way to prevent it other than not add angels? Terrible! Is this an outbreak that's happening? Do we need to have to worry about it now more than ever?
This really is scary. I swear, I just noticed one of my angels is smaller than the one she's always swam with, who WAS the same size. She's clamping her dorsal fin, and kept spitting back out food. Her "forehead" (above mouth, before dorsal) seems a little caved in. Every other fish (including the other angels seem fine....but now I'm afraid! Does this sound the same? No changes have been made recently....but I did notice a blue ram has a red splinter looking thing sticking out underneath his belly. But, he's eating fine! Omg, this would devestate me! I didn't even notice until now....
This really is scary. I swear, I just noticed one of my angels is smaller than the one she's always swam with, who WAS the same size. She's clamping her dorsal fin, and kept spitting back out food. Her "forehead" (above mouth, before dorsal) seems a little caved in. Every other fish (including the other angels seem fine....but now I'm afraid! Does this sound the same? No changes have been made recently....but I did notice a blue ram has a red splinter looking thing sticking out underneath his belly. But, he's eating fine! Omg, this would devestate me! I didn't even notice until now....