Hi,
I have a 75 gallon stocked with the following:
2 angels, 3" & 2"
1 leopard Ctenopoma, 3"
1 gold dojo loach, 4"
1 albino cory, 2.5"
7 rainbows, 2-3"
Filtration is two systems--a 75 gallon Aqueon & a 90 gallon Marineland bio wheel.
Current parameters:
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrites: 0 ppm
Nitrates: 0, might be trace amounts, hard to read
The 2 angels seen below remain in there, but I had a 3" marbled angel as well. One morning I turned on the lights to find he bad cornered the black one, who showed numerous missing scales & very tattered fins. I immediately removed the marbled to another tank. Soon after I noticed my gold pearl also looked tattered, & on closer inspection I noted a small raised area/patch on its skin. After 2-3 days the angels' fins were healed, but their skin appeared worse. Fearing a bacterial infection I moved them to the hospital tank & treated with Maracyn & Maracyn 2. These meds rendered no changes.
I then moved them back into the 75 gallon. The LFS advised me to use Melafix and that they are probably just taking some time to heal. They said the gold pearl's wounds are scabbed over, & the black one's wounds must have been deeper. My concern is that I THINK the largest gray hole on my black angel has grown slightly. Also, the gold pearl has one area on its left side that is a darker color in the center, and the darkness appears to be growing. Plus the gold pearl only had one bump before, but now has three (the one with a dark middle on its right side, 2 skin-colored ones on its left). They are raised bumps, but not at all cottony. Perhaps I did not see the wounds at first because of this fish's color? They are acting & eating perfectly fine.
Please advise if I should simply continue on with the Melafix (today will be the third day). I understand that scales take longer to heal than fins, but the angels' ailments each look so different, and they APPEAR to be worsening (could be my imagination). I want to make sure there is nothing else going on.
Thanks!
I have a 75 gallon stocked with the following:
2 angels, 3" & 2"
1 leopard Ctenopoma, 3"
1 gold dojo loach, 4"
1 albino cory, 2.5"
7 rainbows, 2-3"
Filtration is two systems--a 75 gallon Aqueon & a 90 gallon Marineland bio wheel.
Current parameters:
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrites: 0 ppm
Nitrates: 0, might be trace amounts, hard to read
The 2 angels seen below remain in there, but I had a 3" marbled angel as well. One morning I turned on the lights to find he bad cornered the black one, who showed numerous missing scales & very tattered fins. I immediately removed the marbled to another tank. Soon after I noticed my gold pearl also looked tattered, & on closer inspection I noted a small raised area/patch on its skin. After 2-3 days the angels' fins were healed, but their skin appeared worse. Fearing a bacterial infection I moved them to the hospital tank & treated with Maracyn & Maracyn 2. These meds rendered no changes.
I then moved them back into the 75 gallon. The LFS advised me to use Melafix and that they are probably just taking some time to heal. They said the gold pearl's wounds are scabbed over, & the black one's wounds must have been deeper. My concern is that I THINK the largest gray hole on my black angel has grown slightly. Also, the gold pearl has one area on its left side that is a darker color in the center, and the darkness appears to be growing. Plus the gold pearl only had one bump before, but now has three (the one with a dark middle on its right side, 2 skin-colored ones on its left). They are raised bumps, but not at all cottony. Perhaps I did not see the wounds at first because of this fish's color? They are acting & eating perfectly fine.
Please advise if I should simply continue on with the Melafix (today will be the third day). I understand that scales take longer to heal than fins, but the angels' ailments each look so different, and they APPEAR to be worsening (could be my imagination). I want to make sure there is nothing else going on.
Thanks!
