Now I want to put out there that these ARE NOT MY ANGELFISH. They are my father's and I am posting for advice on his behalf. Any angry lectures or criticism that is not actually helpful to this post is not welcome.
The story:
A little over a month ago I upgraded to a 60 gallon tank and last week was finally able to move my fish over after letting the new filter with borrowed media cycle. I gave my old 36 gallon bow front to my father as I have no room for two large tanks. Along with my old filter I gave him the used media as well as half the sand in my new tank to ensure a good amount of beneficial bacteria to kick start the cycle. He decided to go out and purchase 2 koi angelfish and a few neon tetras from petsmart a few days after this and the next day they were showing signs of sickness already (petsmart fish, woo
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The neons have ick which I have been treating with elevated water temp, around 79 degrees farenheight, and doses of herbtana natural remedy. I have had great performance with this medicine and the benefit is that it is completely harmless to the bacteria colony. Here is a link of the product I use.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LO9LDI/?tag=ff0d01-20
He has lost 4 out of the 8 neons to ick. The remaining 4 are showing signs of improvement. Fewer white spots, increased activity and less rubbing on the plants.
The angelfish symptoms:
One of the two koi angels had a fin that showed whitening and is now clamped and he is unable to open it fully. He can move it back and forth but can't "unfurl" it so to speak. The white areas are not fuzzy in appearance. Appetite and other coloring seems normal. The other angelfish is now developing similar white spots on his upper fin and I've not found much from searching. Here are the photos. I can also post a video later if it's needed.
The first photo is the second angel developing those white spots on his upper fin, the last two photos is the angelfish witht he clenched, white fin and spots on his back tail near the end. The sponge on the intake is to prevent any week fish from getting stuck against it in the last photo.
What I've done as far as treatment: Increased water temp/herbtana dosed daily for ick treatment in neons, nothing else added to water other than conditioner. 50% water changes every day with conditioned, even temperature water.
The story:
A little over a month ago I upgraded to a 60 gallon tank and last week was finally able to move my fish over after letting the new filter with borrowed media cycle. I gave my old 36 gallon bow front to my father as I have no room for two large tanks. Along with my old filter I gave him the used media as well as half the sand in my new tank to ensure a good amount of beneficial bacteria to kick start the cycle. He decided to go out and purchase 2 koi angelfish and a few neon tetras from petsmart a few days after this and the next day they were showing signs of sickness already (petsmart fish, woo
)The neons have ick which I have been treating with elevated water temp, around 79 degrees farenheight, and doses of herbtana natural remedy. I have had great performance with this medicine and the benefit is that it is completely harmless to the bacteria colony. Here is a link of the product I use.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LO9LDI/?tag=ff0d01-20
He has lost 4 out of the 8 neons to ick. The remaining 4 are showing signs of improvement. Fewer white spots, increased activity and less rubbing on the plants.
The angelfish symptoms:
One of the two koi angels had a fin that showed whitening and is now clamped and he is unable to open it fully. He can move it back and forth but can't "unfurl" it so to speak. The white areas are not fuzzy in appearance. Appetite and other coloring seems normal. The other angelfish is now developing similar white spots on his upper fin and I've not found much from searching. Here are the photos. I can also post a video later if it's needed.
The first photo is the second angel developing those white spots on his upper fin, the last two photos is the angelfish witht he clenched, white fin and spots on his back tail near the end. The sponge on the intake is to prevent any week fish from getting stuck against it in the last photo.
What I've done as far as treatment: Increased water temp/herbtana dosed daily for ick treatment in neons, nothing else added to water other than conditioner. 50% water changes every day with conditioned, even temperature water.
