Is my fish sick?

[ZachDemitro]

Hi I don't know if I am being paranoid or not but my coral beauty who has been in my tank for about 4 months stopped eating I wanna say yesterday. I only noticed he wasn't eating because I couldn't find him and he was hiding. I haven't seen anyone bully him or nip at him. I don't know if he's got fin rot or damage from fighting another fish or if it's ich. He's not swimming back and fourth like he usually does either. I Apologize for the random background noise in the video.

 

[blaxsun]

#fishmedic

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi I don't know if I am being paranoid or not but my coral beauty who has been in my tank for about 4 months stopped eating I wanna say yesterday. I only noticed he wasn't eating because I couldn't find him and he was hiding. I haven't seen anyone bully him or nip at him. I don't know if he's got fin rot or damage from fighting another fish or if it's ich. He's not swimming back and fourth like he usually does either. I Apologize for the random background noise in the video.

Yes - your angelfish has some major issue. I can't tell from the video exactly what is going on though. Can you get a video of the whole tank was well? Do the other fish all look fine? I can see some random mucus on the angel, and it is just sort of hovering and breathing rapidly. Could the feeding have stopped longer ago than yesterday?

At this point, I'm thinking this is flukes, but it could also be a protozoan disease. The flukes can be treated with prazipro in your display, but if it is protozoans, you would have to move all of the fish to a treatment tank.

Jay

 

[ZachDemitro]

Yes - your angelfish has some major issue. I can't tell from the video exactly what is going on though. Can you get a video of the whole tank was well? Do the other fish all look fine? I can see some random mucus on the angel, and it is just sort of hovering and breathing rapidly. Could the feeding have stopped longer ago than yesterday?

At this point, I'm thinking this is flukes, but it could also be a protozoan disease. The flukes can be treated with prazipro in your display, but if it is protozoans, you would have to move all of the fish to a treatment tank.

Jay

Hey Jay thanks for replying I can get a video of the whole tank. All of my other fish seem to be fine just this one fish isnt swimming like himself. He usually swims along the back glass from left to right all day

 

[ZachDemitro]

Yes - your angelfish has some major issue. I can't tell from the video exactly what is going on though. Can you get a video of the whole tank was well? Do the other fish all look fine? I can see some random mucus on the angel, and it is just sort of hovering and breathing rapidly. Could the feeding have stopped longer ago than yesterday?

At this point, I'm thinking this is flukes, but it could also be a protozoan disease. The flukes can be treated with prazipro in your display, but if it is protozoans, you would have to move all of the fish to a treatment tank.

Jay

 

[ZachDemitro]

Yes - your angelfish has some major issue. I can't tell from the video exactly what is going on though. Can you get a video of the whole tank was well? Do the other fish all look fine? I can see some random mucus on the angel, and it is just sort of hovering and breathing rapidly. Could the feeding have stopped longer ago than yesterday?

At this point, I'm thinking this is flukes, but it could also be a protozoan disease. The flukes can be treated with prazipro in your display, but if it is protozoans, you would have to move all of the fish to a treatment tank.

Jay

Here's a video I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for but I hope it's enough to know what's going on.

 

[ZachDemitro]

Here's a video I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for but I hope it's enough to know what's going on.

All the other fish are swimming together fine just this one guy is just in the corner barely moving

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

All the other fish are swimming together fine just this one guy is just in the corner barely moving

This looks more like a protozoan disease to me now. I can’t explain why no other fish are showing symptoms yet.
I would give the angelfish a 5 minute freshwater dip and move it to a treatment tank and dose with Coppersafe, but keep a close eye on the other fish.
Jay

 

[ZachDemitro]

This looks more like a protozoan disease to me now. I can’t explain why no other fish are showing symptoms yet.
I would give the angelfish a 5 minute freshwater dip and move it to a treatment tank and dose with Coppersafe, but keep a close eye on the other fish.
Jay

I do not have a quarantine tank. Could I give it a fresh water bath and dose with coppersafe in my display tank? I have no corals or invertebrates

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I do not have a quarantine tank. Could I give it a fresh water bath and dose with coppersafe in my display tank? I have no corals or invertebrates

Coppersafe is difficult to dose in a tank with calcium rock and sand in it. You might try hyposalinity instead:

Hyposalinity

Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...

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Jay