So recently I thought I would finally get into keeping angelfish since I recently got back into planted tanks and it has been off to a rough start.
Here are the tank parameters as of last night:
55 gallon
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 20
PH - 6.5
Long story short, after a couple of weeks I had purchased 4 angelfish from 3 different stores, 2 of which I have had good experiences with and a third that I had not dealt with previously. Two of the fish have been eating like pigs while the other two have not eaten since I got them. I made a big mistake by forgoing the QT and think I will pay for it now. The first angel that wasn't eating I figured was due to being in a new environment and would snap out of it in a day or two like the rest, it didn't look stressed and it wasn't acting odd. The last angel I got however has not eaten and is in very rough shape, I fear that what it has is spreading in the tank (it is not in a QT probably too little too late).
Here are the symptoms of the sickest fish:
-Kind of acts like its out of it/lost in space and doesn't pal around with the others.
-Tilted up at a 45 degree angle
-Looks like it is gasping for air even though it doesn't hang out at the surface or the substrate.
It looked really bad this morning and I will be surprised if it makes it through my work hours today. What scares me is that the first angel I bought is starting to show the same signs while one of the others is still not eating. This morning I fed the tank to see how they reacted and one of the angles eagerly eats like a pig while the remaining 2 just swam around slowly without paying attention. I really do not want to lose these fish and am hoping I can save them somehow. I had read about something called Siamese Angelfish Disease and am a little worried it could be something along those lines.
Here are the tank parameters as of last night:
55 gallon
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 20
PH - 6.5
Long story short, after a couple of weeks I had purchased 4 angelfish from 3 different stores, 2 of which I have had good experiences with and a third that I had not dealt with previously. Two of the fish have been eating like pigs while the other two have not eaten since I got them. I made a big mistake by forgoing the QT and think I will pay for it now. The first angel that wasn't eating I figured was due to being in a new environment and would snap out of it in a day or two like the rest, it didn't look stressed and it wasn't acting odd. The last angel I got however has not eaten and is in very rough shape, I fear that what it has is spreading in the tank (it is not in a QT probably too little too late).
Here are the symptoms of the sickest fish:
-Kind of acts like its out of it/lost in space and doesn't pal around with the others.
-Tilted up at a 45 degree angle
-Looks like it is gasping for air even though it doesn't hang out at the surface or the substrate.
It looked really bad this morning and I will be surprised if it makes it through my work hours today. What scares me is that the first angel I bought is starting to show the same signs while one of the others is still not eating. This morning I fed the tank to see how they reacted and one of the angles eagerly eats like a pig while the remaining 2 just swam around slowly without paying attention. I really do not want to lose these fish and am hoping I can save them somehow. I had read about something called Siamese Angelfish Disease and am a little worried it could be something along those lines.
