Hi gang. Ive been in the hobby for close to a year now, and have just noticed one of my blue zebra angelfish has a white spot on its chin that protrudes a few mill of with a red base. It looks like a white head or pimple as apposed to ick. I added rainbows and then noticed the spot and thought it might be ick but nothing eventuated, all other fish are clear and it didn’t grow. It remained a flat, pinprick dot.
But this morning I’ve noticed it sticking out with a red base. Hips color is fine, he is eating fine though he is hanging around the sponge filter away from the 4 other angels
Water params are all ideal.
I do a few water changes a week. Generally around 10% and on the weekends ill do a 50% water change, along with the usual scrub down of the glass, gravel and what not.
Background info
Ive got 7 tanks.
3 2fts, 2 3fts, 2 4fts.
The angel tank is a 55gal 4ft. It has 5 baby boesmanis, 5 young angels, 8 rummy noes, 4 salt and pepper Cory’s and a peppermint bristlenoes. ( ill come back to this )
A month ago I had my Aquis 1200 canister filter burn out so I had to do an emergency change to 2 large sponge filters that were fresh from the lfs. I dosed bio starter and did a little pray and to my surprise, the fish all seemed more energetic, with larger appetites and bolder personality’s. Maybe the canister was “ a nitrate factory “ though I don’t really understand what that actually means..
I don’t quarantine my fish because honestly and impatient. Even though I’m aware of the risks, I guess I’ve been seeing the hobby through “invincible” goggles and thought, she’ll be right.
I believe this also goes hand in hand as to the fact that I over stock my tanks pretty bad.
Like I know they are but its like that knowledge doesn’t mean anything to me and ill think “she’ll be right”.
The more I learn the more I feel like I’m moving out of that adolescent, immature mentality of fish keeping and want to do it right. The maintenance has never been an issue. Just the quarantine and over stocking.
Which mind you, is a difficult thing for me to even fully understand. How do you know it’s overstocked? I know people tend to overstock african cichlids to prevent bullying.. also over feeding is another area of confusion that after a year of pondering remains in this bizarre realm of ambiguity...
I’m new here so ill see if I can figure out how to post a photo. It took me bloody 30 mins to figure out how to post a thread so im not so confident.
If anyone has any idea of what the hell is on my angel PLEASE TELL ME
Thanks guys
But this morning I’ve noticed it sticking out with a red base. Hips color is fine, he is eating fine though he is hanging around the sponge filter away from the 4 other angels
Water params are all ideal.
I do a few water changes a week. Generally around 10% and on the weekends ill do a 50% water change, along with the usual scrub down of the glass, gravel and what not.
Background info
Ive got 7 tanks.
3 2fts, 2 3fts, 2 4fts.
The angel tank is a 55gal 4ft. It has 5 baby boesmanis, 5 young angels, 8 rummy noes, 4 salt and pepper Cory’s and a peppermint bristlenoes. ( ill come back to this )
A month ago I had my Aquis 1200 canister filter burn out so I had to do an emergency change to 2 large sponge filters that were fresh from the lfs. I dosed bio starter and did a little pray and to my surprise, the fish all seemed more energetic, with larger appetites and bolder personality’s. Maybe the canister was “ a nitrate factory “ though I don’t really understand what that actually means..
I don’t quarantine my fish because honestly and impatient. Even though I’m aware of the risks, I guess I’ve been seeing the hobby through “invincible” goggles and thought, she’ll be right.
I believe this also goes hand in hand as to the fact that I over stock my tanks pretty bad.
Like I know they are but its like that knowledge doesn’t mean anything to me and ill think “she’ll be right”.
The more I learn the more I feel like I’m moving out of that adolescent, immature mentality of fish keeping and want to do it right. The maintenance has never been an issue. Just the quarantine and over stocking.
Which mind you, is a difficult thing for me to even fully understand. How do you know it’s overstocked? I know people tend to overstock african cichlids to prevent bullying.. also over feeding is another area of confusion that after a year of pondering remains in this bizarre realm of ambiguity...
I’m new here so ill see if I can figure out how to post a photo. It took me bloody 30 mins to figure out how to post a thread so im not so confident.
If anyone has any idea of what the hell is on my angel PLEASE TELL ME
Thanks guys
