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Hi, all. After examining my angelfish recently after noticing he wasn’t as into doing target feeding and was not bold, I noticed his pectoral fins were all torn up. After doing some research to double check my diagnosis, stage two fin rot, I decided to seek out a second opinion before treating my whole 55g. For background, about a month ago, I transferred him from my 30g to my 55g with my two blue gouramis and adult African bush fish. There is no aggression between any of the fish and I’m suspecting my angelfish got stressed from his move and that triggered the fin rot. I don’t believe this is an emergency, but I just wanted to see what you all thought. I plan on treating with Melafix and aquarium salt for the duration of the treatment, and then, if there is improvement, switch off of melafix and instead add double the dose of stress coat after a water change.
My parameters before the 50% change I did today are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 10 nitrate. The PH is 6.8ish (test strips
). The carbonate and alkalinity is 80. The total hardness is around 75 and the chlorine level is 0. I usually do a 25% water change every week and a 40-50% every month to 2 months. I feed a variety of foods that are lower in fillers and other junk.
Any advice on what to do with my angelfish? He is on younger side and I really hope he’ll bounce back from this. I appreciate your help.
My parameters before the 50% change I did today are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 10 nitrate. The PH is 6.8ish (test strips
). The carbonate and alkalinity is 80. The total hardness is around 75 and the chlorine level is 0. I usually do a 25% water change every week and a 40-50% every month to 2 months. I feed a variety of foods that are lower in fillers and other junk. Any advice on what to do with my angelfish? He is on younger side and I really hope he’ll bounce back from this. I appreciate your help.
