Flagfin angelfish with stomach problems?

[LaloJ]

So I have a flagfin angelfish in QT for 13 days, the fish stopped feeding since the day before yesterday, and since it arrived it only accepts mysis and flakes soaked with garlic guard or alone, yesterday I did a water change thinking that the quality of the water had influenced his refusal to feed, it seems that it was not so because this morning he did not accept the food either, I was a little worried and looked for information, there are no signs of white poop but there is a thin ventral area, the fish arrived like this, too with some slight red marks on the caudal peduncle and I suspected septicemia but also in my reading I saw that they may be reactions due to copper, I'm not handling any medication until now in QT, a few minutes ago the fish fed again, so I suppose that I can begin to stop suspecting internal parasites, is it more possible that I have had some stomach irritation? his poop were a little browner than normal, but the fish has already taken food again, I can say that it has fed since day one in the QT, I hope to notice an improvement about the thin ventral area, any option to improve this? ? the garlic guard could have irritated the stomach of the fish??

 

[LaloJ]

Here you can see the thin ventral area

 

[LaloJ]

This fish is serving a couple of weeks with me, he stopped feeding maybe for 24 hours or a little more, I think the stomach irritation was present, now he feeds regularly, maybe a little more than before but he is still quite thin , I have furan2 just in case the red marks start to get worse.

 

[bruno3047]

Beautiful fish. Just keep doing what you’re doing. As little stress as possible is usually the best medicine.

 

[bruno3047]

Dude. Ain’t nothing wrong with that fish. Exactly like this picture from liveaquaria. Isn’t it?

 

[bruno3047]

Get that fish into an algae-filled environment. Specifically, the bright green new algae.

 

[LaloJ]

Dude. Ain’t nothing wrong with that fish. Exactly like this picture from liveaquaria. Isn’t it?

On the caudal peduncle it looks very similar in terms of the red markings, but it is precisely where the pelvic fins are that I see that it is very thin. This fish wastes a lot of food, what I'm doing now is feeding more times with less food, I'm trying to make it waste as little as possible, I have offered it seafood porridge and it does not accept it, only when I get home from work and it is already hungry lol, but even so very very little, the flake practically devours them.

 

[bruno3047]

On the caudal peduncle it looks very similar in terms of the red markings, but it is precisely where the pelvic fins are that I see that it is very thin. This fish wastes a lot of food, what I'm doing now is feeding more times with less food, I'm trying to make it waste as little as possible, I have offered it seafood porridge and it does not accept it, only when I get home from work and it is already hungry lol, but even so very very little, the flake practically devours them.

Algae is essential for this fish’s digestive system. Without algae, they sometimes get constipated, which can result in death. If I were you, I would get him into an algae-rich environment. Check the link. Good luck.

“This is a difficult angelfish to keep due to its dietary requirement of sponges and its poor ability to adapt to other foods. Expert aquarists may have success by providing a mixed fare of sponge-containing frozen angelfish rations, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, a plethora of plant material, and live rock for grazing and hiding”.

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[LaloJ]

Thank you very much for the link, so I have to incorporate more algae based foods but I don't have many available in the LFS, I'll have to search, I can only try nori at the moment.

 

[bruno3047]

Thank you very much for the link, so I have to incorporate more algae based foods but I don't have many available in the LFS, I'll have to search, I can only try nori at the moment.

Nori is better than nothing. Look for frozen sponge-based products geared towards angelfish. Try these;

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