Angel death (pic)

stingray 125 · Feb 10, 2012

Got this Bicolor angel on Monday of this week

and last night eating and fine. Today twitching this morning and hiding, then tonight gone. This is the way she looks now, some problem with the area above the mouth. In the QT tank with her are 2 clowns but we saw no fighting or problems. The tank is a 30 gal cube with 30lbs of rock and only a small amount of Nitrate 20ppm, Sal 1.025, and no ammonia or nitrite. Any idea what this could be?

EpicWin · Feb 11, 2012

U have tube nems by chance?

stingray 125 · Feb 12, 2012

EpicWin,
No tube nems just rock and 2 clowns. I have no idea what caused this. It is like the skin fell off between the mouth and eyes.

KoleTang · Feb 13, 2012

20 PPM nitrates is not a small amount.

As for the fish, that is weird, I am not sure what that is.

Netta Fish · Feb 13, 2012

20 ppm is nothing for a fowler tank...it's possible he died And that's where bristle worms first started

hawkfishman · Feb 17, 2012

pretty small tank for a bi-color and they are not all that hardy anyway around 50% never make it no matter what you do

stingray 125 · Feb 18, 2012

Yes the 30 gal is small but make a good QT before the go in my 125 DT The survival rate is low but wanted to try and that will be the last time.

buddythelion · Feb 19, 2012

Maybe it was flukes?

Reef Breeders · Feb 19, 2012

how did you acclimate it? I could be stress.

Mike&Terry · Feb 19, 2012

Flukes or oodinium would be my guess.

stingray 125 · Feb 20, 2012

acclimated with a drip for a good hour and she was doing great for 4 days then the next day DOA.

What is oodinium?

DeniseAndy · Feb 21, 2012

The open areas are probably from any scavengers eating (including the clowns). May be on the live rock. Without a necropsy it is hard to say. No signs of obvious parasites, but many do not show outside until too close to death to save them. Sorry for your loss. Good you are QTing.

Oodinium's common name Velvet.