Anything wrong with Angelfish trying to jump out of hospital tank?

[thunderwaved]

I have a Angelfish I am trying to treat for some strange white bubble over the eye. I suspect it is fungus.

I have a little > 1 gal hospital tank inside my 50 gallon tank. The smaller tank doesn't share water with the big tank.

When I put my angelfish inside the small tank, it just seems like it wants to get out. It jumps, leaps and tries to run into the wall...

Do I need a bigger hospital tank or is there something wrong with him?

Thanks.

 

[Greenmaster]

I would say you shouldn't have a hospital tank smaller then 10g... 20g would be better. Also I wouldn't trust the hospital inside the main tank. The chance that chemicals could spill into the main tank would scare me.

*edit: I would also put some pieces of 2" and 3" PVC pipe for places to hide, helps to reduce stress.

 

[i3k]

Take the 1gal out of the main tank. The fish sees water beyond it's 1gal walls and thinks it should be able to swim there.

 

[BigJim]

+1 for the 10g. They're cheap.