Friend's Angelfish

[redsea]

Hello, a friend sent me this photo of his Angel, which seems to have something going on with his fin. Any suggestions for my friend's Angelfish? Thank you!

 

[AngelFishGirl]

WOW! That looks like a TERRIBLE case of fungus!

Treat that with some fungus medication ASAP! I recommend Fungus Guard by Tetra

 

[Bichir Bro]

Now that's fungus! I've never seen it that bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bichir Bro]

Quarantine it and heavily treat it. Sorry that's all the info I can give, I've never had a real fungal infection. They're extremely rare and usually are miss diagnosed but this is fungus.

 

[Bichir Bro]

That's a fancy angle too. I forget the name but the kind with the weird scales are my fav

 

[Kelly5978]

It's a pearl scale angel (well, mix). Pretty. I've never seen true fungus either, but that sure seems to be the case. Any other fish in the tank? Are they infected?

 

[bob mccoy]

im not judging there fish keeping but i see lots of algae build up on everything and im wondering how often they are doing water changes and vacuums. but make sure after qt ing the fish to drain a lot of the water and do a darn good cleaning of the tank. and as angelfish girl said the tetra fungus killer is good and i would also add some to the main tank as a precaution as bad as the fungus is. its probably form some sort of wound that got infected and is spreading. clean water is the key rite now till healed up

 

[molliwopp]

Poor little guy. Water changes, fungi meds and more water changes.

 

[Bichir Bro]

Yes I believe bob is correct. It is true fungus no doubt about it, although again I do think he's correct in saying it was acquired from a wound. If you haven't already quarantine him and treat him.