Urgent Help!

[Sarah E]

Could use some advice. A few days ago, charcoal the angelfish developed small white dots, 4 on either side of his head, that were cottony growths. Used Pimafix for 4 days, a melafix 1 day, then pimafix again and the dots seemed to fade, but not disappear. Last night I discovered he had a distended, 1/2 inch, white, almost bumpy growth. I did not redose with pima or melafix, unsure if it was the cause, or what.

Today, the distended bulge has become an abscess that extends a 1/4 inch into his head, and is torn off completlely. He's still alive, there's no sign he's feeling ill, but he is. I took a couple photos, i apologize for the blurryness. Has anyone seen this before? what can i treat the tank with?

Shadow, the female angel, now has the small white dots up her face and i'm worried about the same happening to her.

 

[icydeath]

Okay the female is starting to get ich most likely... Can you turn your heater up? Also do you have a QT to isolate the angel with the white bulge on his head? Have you tried a fungal medicine?

Also with these meds, you have to use them consistently to help. I don't know if you can dose all three, but I would try if anything gets worse.

Read this for the female: http://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_ich2.php

 

[icydeath]

I would definitely try a fungal medicine for the male. Cotton growths are almost always fungus. Anyways, how are your params? Fungus and parasites, there has to be something going on...

 

[Sarah E]

Thank you so much! It's so obvious now that they have Ich. I only have the two angels in that tank, and both of them have the ich. I'll ask if it's possible to use an ich, fungal, and antibacterial, because the antibacterial I believe would be very beneficial for the open wound.

 

[icydeath]

I'm not sure, I've never done it. What I would do would be to use the heat treatment for ich, and then use the fungal medicine. Keep melafix on hand, but you don't need to use it right now.