protokix22
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I bought an eibli angel last week. Long story short, sometime in between transporting the fish, and the first day in the tank, she developed what I originally thought was a skin lesion on her left side of some sort. I treated it with stress coat, which I used on previous occasions to fix a nipped tail or fins on my clowns (their still pairing off). It slowly grew and started to protrude.
I called the LFR and they said it was most likely a bacterial infection. They told me to use mellafix, which I started using on Saturday. The area has gotten progressively larger and more protruding. She seems to be swimming okay, she stays in one spot and swims around a little. She's breathing a little hard, and I'm not sure if it's me or a symptom, but her head and gills are bluish as well. What worries me the most is that she isn't really eating. All the other fish gobble anything down, but she won't eat. I've put it almost right in her face, and she still won't eat. She hasn't eaten for about 3-4 days now. She used to be pretty active, swimming around the tank, in and out of my artificial rocks, now she stays hidden most of the time.
Tank specs: 60 gallon with sump and cannister filter. Its been up for about 3 months now, live sand but no live rock. There are two clowns in the tank as well.
Anyone have any suggestions? I'm going to continue using the mella-fix (the bottle says to use for 7 days.) I did a water change on Saturday as well.
I called the LFR and they said it was most likely a bacterial infection. They told me to use mellafix, which I started using on Saturday. The area has gotten progressively larger and more protruding. She seems to be swimming okay, she stays in one spot and swims around a little. She's breathing a little hard, and I'm not sure if it's me or a symptom, but her head and gills are bluish as well. What worries me the most is that she isn't really eating. All the other fish gobble anything down, but she won't eat. I've put it almost right in her face, and she still won't eat. She hasn't eaten for about 3-4 days now. She used to be pretty active, swimming around the tank, in and out of my artificial rocks, now she stays hidden most of the time.
Tank specs: 60 gallon with sump and cannister filter. Its been up for about 3 months now, live sand but no live rock. There are two clowns in the tank as well.
Anyone have any suggestions? I'm going to continue using the mella-fix (the bottle says to use for 7 days.) I did a water change on Saturday as well.