Angelfish diagnosis

[FroFro]

I recently adopted this angelfish from a local Facebook rehoming group. He’s in quarantine with two other juveniles for about four days now. I did my water change this morning and noticed he was breathing heavily, tested my water from my drain buckets and parameters read normal. Came home to find what looks to be some sort of lesion or peeling of the slime coat? It almost looks like sunburn when it peels on his head and something in his fin. I’d like to treat him but I need to know what this is first. Only other thing he’s been doing is slightly heavy breathing and lack of appetite, which I was at first attributing to him being stressed and settling in the tank.

 

[Rocky998]

Looks to be a teensy bit of fungus... But that will most likely spread fast... I don't know any treatments off hand but that red spot just looks really irritating to the fish and painful... Wish I could help with a better diagnosis and treatment...

 

[FroFro]

Looks to be a teensy bit of fungus... But that will most likely spread fast... I don't know any treatments off hand but that red spot just looks really irritating to the fish and painful... Wish I could help with a better diagnosis and treatment...

The red along is back? That’s a natural coloration

 

[Rocky998]

The red along is back? That’s a natural coloration

Oh... It looks pretty but it also kinda looks like a sunburn lol... The white stuff seems to be a kind of fungus though but I will not advise on bow to treat it as I do not know how myself completely

 

[SomethingsFishy24]

You can always try a bit of Maracyn and see if that clears it up. It should whether bacterial or fungal.

 

[itiwhetu]

What do you call normal parameters

 

[itiwhetu]

Correct me if I'm wrong but this looks like an old fish?

 

[FroFro]

What do you call normal parameters

Nothing read within dangerous levels, my nitrates did read at .25 ppm from the water I removed while siphoning/the weekly water change but this isn’t unusual for this time of week and I had also performed a 60% water change. I’m not sure his age but he’s at least three years old given is size.

 

[itiwhetu]

Nothing read within dangerous levels, my nitrates did read at .25 ppm from the water I removed while siphoning/the weekly water change but this isn’t unusual for this time of week and I had also performed a 60% water change. I’m not sure his age but he’s at least three years old given is size.

pH reading?

 

[Uberhoust]

To me it looks like a bit of a peeling slime coat. Sometimes when we do water changes we disturb the water and debris sticks to the fish's slime coat, I have seen this on my angels. I would give it a day and see if it clears up before doing anything drastic.

 

[Colin_T]

A bit late but the fish has excess mucous on its body and fins. This is caused by something in the water irritating the fish,or the fish is severely stressed out by something.

 

[gilpi]

You never know what condition this fish was under before you got it, apparently not a good one. Pumping the tank or fish with meds guessing which is the right med, is not the way to go, I would simply keep doing partial water changes which could be the most therapudical thing you can do for a fish in this condition.