kaiofcanada
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I have three freshwater angelfish in a newly cycled/planted 20 gallon tank. I recently and happily upgraded. Two of the angels are the size of quarters and the third is slightly larger. Since they were all recently purchased to stock my new tank and one had some greyish tips on his tail after three days in the new tank (just noticed yesterday), I started treating the tank with coppersafe and melafix.
I have noticed two things on the new fish, one has a cloudy eye and his tail seems a bit jagged. Could this be a fungus? Should I be worried about his vision? This is the one I am concerned with most.
The other two however have swollen bellies this morning. I fed them half of an algea wafer last night in addition to the normal flake food, after reading a suggestion in the forum for angelfish diets, which they devoured. Can angelfish overeat? They seem to be swimming fine and are exploring the new tank. No strange behaviour other than swollen tummies.
Some other details about my tank: Only other fish in this 20 gallon are a ghost shrimp and a wild guppy that was used to cycle and set up the tank. I have mostly live plants and a a small piece of driftwood. I had the water tested and confirmed with my own readings before stocking the tank. All parameters were in ideal range: no ammonia, no nitrates or nitrites. I used the gravel from a smaller 6 gallon tank to set up and cycle this new tank for a week before I stocked it with the new angelfish. The temperature is maintained at ~80F. The water was conditioned with StressCoat+.
I have noticed two things on the new fish, one has a cloudy eye and his tail seems a bit jagged. Could this be a fungus? Should I be worried about his vision? This is the one I am concerned with most.
The other two however have swollen bellies this morning. I fed them half of an algea wafer last night in addition to the normal flake food, after reading a suggestion in the forum for angelfish diets, which they devoured. Can angelfish overeat? They seem to be swimming fine and are exploring the new tank. No strange behaviour other than swollen tummies.
Some other details about my tank: Only other fish in this 20 gallon are a ghost shrimp and a wild guppy that was used to cycle and set up the tank. I have mostly live plants and a a small piece of driftwood. I had the water tested and confirmed with my own readings before stocking the tank. All parameters were in ideal range: no ammonia, no nitrates or nitrites. I used the gravel from a smaller 6 gallon tank to set up and cycle this new tank for a week before I stocked it with the new angelfish. The temperature is maintained at ~80F. The water was conditioned with StressCoat+.