Angelfish: Parasites?

[McCool]

My largest Angel fish seems to have internal parasites. He has lost his appetite and his poo is long, stringy, and white. On Sunday night I separated him and his buddy into a 5 gallon bucket and treated with Tetra brand parasite safe guard. I left them in there for about 30 or so hours, and then placed them back into the main tank. Again, he didn't eat that night, however, he has been showing a little more interest. He just keeps spitting the food out though. Today I noticed that he once again has the white poo, and he still is just spitting his food out, plus seems to have lost his color. The instructions on the safe guard are pretty limited, and intended for dosing a whole tank, which I can't do because the shrimp evade my net all too well. Can someone guide me here? Should I just separate them again and dose again?

 

[McCool]

Anyone? I also posted this in emergency and never really got much help....

 

[jwalser18]

McCool I had the same thing happen, and I picked up a treatment that is pretty much the same thing.. Did you follow the directions specifically? most do a weekly medication, with dosing every other day and the off day doing a water change.. not sure on that one but make sure you're following the directions to the T! also, it saved one of my angels, the other just passed..

 

[McCool]

McCool I had the same thing happen, and I picked up a treatment that is pretty much the same thing.. Did you follow the directions specifically? most do a weekly medication, with dosing every other day and the off day doing a water change.. not sure on that one but make sure you're following the directions to the T! also, it saved one of my angels, the other just passed..

That's the problem. The instructions are meant for a tank with a filter, and I'm dosing a non filtered five gallon bucket. I don't know when I should do W/Cs, since it'll remove the meds, but I know they need clean water. It's a little harder to dose for such a small container too. I wish I could dose the whole tank, but my shrimp are much too crafty to catch!
The instructions say something along the lines of:
One tablet per ten gallons of water. Treatment may be repeated up to two times with 48 hours between treatments and a 25% WC.

Should I just follow the instructions? It feels like they need more WCs to me, simply because of the small quantity of water.....

 

[jwalser18]

I would.. and dose Prime to remove ammonia as well (not much needed) 
 
But, it's also a touchy subject because he's not in a tank with a filter.. tough position

 

[McCool]

I would.. and dose Prime to remove ammonia as well (not much needed) 
 
But, it's also a touchy subject because he's not in a tank with a filter.. tough position

Never thought of dosing prime for any ammonia! Thanks for the help! I'll just follow the instructions and test my water as I go.

 

[jwalser18]

gotta be careful! no bacteria remember? so def watch nitrI and ammo.. I <3 prime!

 

[McCool]

gotta be careful! no bacteria remember? so def watch nitrI and ammo.. I <3 prime!

Of course! I'm adding a live plant or two to the bucket. Not sure how they will fair with the meds, but atleast it'll help the water a little.

 

[jwalser18]

plants with that should be okay

 

[McCool]

Wow. I can't even figure this out. I just went to check on my two angels.
Both dead. I have absolutely no clue what happened. I'm so ticked off right now, but I'm not even sure what at. The water is fine. No ammonia. No Nitrite. I have absolutely no clue. I dosed the right amount. Even the one that wasn't sick is dead.
What in the world!?!

 

[jwalser18]

McCool, i'm sorry to hear it but, angels are finicky.. I love them, they are gorgeous.. but i'll never get them again.. they are so prone to sicknesses.