Red angel

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Claudiadhennin

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Hi
I have an angel fish it still young and its gills and eye have started to become red, he/she seems to be acting completely normal, I have done a 30% water change and added an air bubble maker, I don't have a test kit yet so hoping to get some advise
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Hi and welcome to the forum :)

The fish appears to have red below the eye and around the back of the jaw near the gills. This could be caused by a water quality issue or an infection.

I would do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week. This will dilute any nutrients or disease organsism that might be in the water and give the fish the best chance of recovering.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

If there's no improvement after 2 big water changes, then post some more pictures and add some salt.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt) or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.
 
Hello thank you so much for your reply! I have done a 50% to 75 percent water change every day but missed 2 days between that but I cleaned vacuumed the substrate, it seems to still be pretty red behind his gills, he is still acting normal, do you think a salt treatment would be recommended? Thank you :)
 
I would try some salt for a week or two and see if it helps.
 

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