Flame angel might have ich

carlson · Feb 24, 2017

4FordFamily said:
This is called a freshwater dip and is certainly helpful but will do little or nothing to prevent disease in your tanks. Too many fish burrow under the slime coat of the fish and safely hide away. The fish will die long before the last parasite does.

Also, to the op. Please don't take this the wrong way, but am I to understand that you had a velvet outbreak and you still aren't quarantining?

No exaggeration: 50% or more of all angels these days seem to come with velvet, 80% of fish with ich, and probably 40-60% of all fish seem to come with velvet overall.

I actually do quarantine my fish now! This discussion was from a long time ago and I learned my lesson haha. The fish I have now have been with me for almost three years and I haven't had a single problem. Hopefully tomorrow I'll do an update on my tank the way it is today! Thank you for the reply! It amazes me how so many fish come with velvet. I feel like I would not be able to buy a tang or any other delicate fish that wouldn't need to be treated for this. A while back I took all the invertebrates and coral out of my tank for a long period of time while I treated it for ich, and now I don't make any more mistakes, but hopefully, I'll update my current account tomorrow, I accidentally made two.

4FordFamily · Feb 24, 2017

carlson said:
I actually do quarantine my fish now! This discussion was from a long time ago and I learned my lesson haha. The fish I have now have been with me for almost three years and I haven't had a single problem. Hopefully tomorrow I'll do an update on my tank the way it is today! Thank you for the reply! It amazes me how so many fish come with velvet. I feel like I would not be able to buy a tang or any other delicate fish that wouldn't need to be treated for this. A while back I took all the invertebrates and coral out of my tank for a long period of time while I treated it for ich, and now I don't make any more mistakes, but hopefully, I'll update my current account tomorrow, I accidentally made two.

Very smart! Sorry I misread!