ScooterV
Well-Known Member
I lost the Flame Angel in this pic during new arrival QT. It survived six days from arrival before succumbing, and I was getting my hopes up 
It arrived with what I was sure was ich visible mostly near, and on the tail fin. I use TTM anyway so that was in work. By the time of death all signs of that, anyway, were gone. There was one tiny white spot on the forehead that didn't look like ich, but some kind of growth even though still very small.
What was done: The fish was also flashing and gulping at the surface so the 1st tank was cut to only 24 hours, formalin bath at the end, and into second tank. Second tank was close to the 72 hrs and a round of Prazi. It was in the 4th tank about 48 hours when the small white spot seemed to go out of control overnight. I wanted to get it on some antibiotics quickly so it got another Formalin bath on the way out to the 5th tank where I started it on Furan-2. However, it didn't make it through the night Also, its fins were ragged by the day it was moved and Furan started, and by morning the tail fin almost gone.
So, can anyone better confirm what this is? I'm only assuming fungal or bacterial. What better should have been done? Antibiotics sooner I think, although it didn't appear significant for awhile so I intended to wait until the end of the 12 days to start until it exploded almost overnight. Second, there is a visible hole in the center. Did Formalin on an open sore likely become a huge factor in the death, even if not the root cause of the issue?
Thanks for any identification, or help in improving.
It arrived with what I was sure was ich visible mostly near, and on the tail fin. I use TTM anyway so that was in work. By the time of death all signs of that, anyway, were gone. There was one tiny white spot on the forehead that didn't look like ich, but some kind of growth even though still very small.
What was done: The fish was also flashing and gulping at the surface so the 1st tank was cut to only 24 hours, formalin bath at the end, and into second tank. Second tank was close to the 72 hrs and a round of Prazi. It was in the 4th tank about 48 hours when the small white spot seemed to go out of control overnight. I wanted to get it on some antibiotics quickly so it got another Formalin bath on the way out to the 5th tank where I started it on Furan-2. However, it didn't make it through the night
Also, its fins were ragged by the day it was moved and Furan started, and by morning the tail fin almost gone.So, can anyone better confirm what this is? I'm only assuming fungal or bacterial. What better should have been done? Antibiotics sooner I think, although it didn't appear significant for awhile so I intended to wait until the end of the 12 days to start until it exploded almost overnight. Second, there is a visible hole in the center. Did Formalin on an open sore likely become a huge factor in the death, even if not the root cause of the issue?
Thanks for any identification, or help in improving.
