Injured or what? Anglefish

[littlebitlarisa]

Seems depressed staying off to herself, has little appitite, and has what is shown in pictures. It looks like she is missing flesh. Is this a injury, disease, parasite or what? I dosed with Melaflix when I found her but not sure if that will help as I do not know what's going on. She does not seem to be being picked on and I have a juvinile anglefish in the same tank and that one is fine along with all the other fish. In the tank there are lemon tetras, cories, cherry barbs, 1 bolivian ram, and a clown pleco. It is a 46gallon.



Thanks!

 

[threnjen]

Does your angel have a large open wound in this picture?

 

[littlebitlarisa]

That's what it appears to be to me. It seems to have white stuff like I have seen on fish with ich also.

 

[jlk]

Can you please post your water parameters and water change schedule? Diet? How long has this wound been present? Do you have access to a qt tank? Some more more information will help us to help you better!

 

[gilpi]

How are your water changes?

 

[littlebitlarisa]

Just checked as ammonia and nitrite are at 0 but nitrate is at 40ppm. Double checked my tap and it is 40 as well. It used to run between 10 and 20ppm. I do weekly water changes. I have laxed sometimes and done biweekly when I have been very busy but that's not been recent. I have a aqua clear 70 filter. Which I rinse out with my water changes. I do not have a way to quarantine but can up in a tank divider so no one messes with her. It does look a little better now but I have been dosing with melafix.

 

[littlebitlarisa]

I feed every 2 days alternating between omega one cichlids flakes, aqueon cichlids pellets and occasionally she steals and alge wafer from the cories and clown plecto.