RIP Blue Face Angel

[Aslam Kavde]

I found my Blue Faced Angel dead this morning Gutted!
It had a bit of trauma on the side, but when i fished it out - these worms were coming out the side of its gills, take a look at the Video.

Tank RSM S650 LED, 175G

Salinity 35ppt
Amonia 0
PH 8.2
Temp 79F
Nitrate 1.5
Nitrite 0
KH 8

 

[Chrisv.]

Yikes! I wonder if they were there before he died, or after. Sorry for your loss-- it was a beautiful fish.

@Jay Hemdal what are these??!

 

[Jedi1199]

Sorry about your loss.. Beautiful tank!!

 

[JPM San Diego]

Sorry for your loss. The video is brief, but I think I see enough to recognize a bristle worm. To my knowledge these small ones do not attack fish. Much more likely the fish died and then the worm moved in opportunistically

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Hopefully these bristle worms are just scavengers that go through uneaten food

Sorry for your loss. The video is brief, but I think I see enough to recognize a bristle worm. To my knowledge these small ones do not attack fish. Much more likely the fish died and then the worm moved in opportunistically

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Sorry for your loss. The video is brief, but I think I see enough to recognize a bristle worm. To my knowledge these small ones do not attack fish. Much more likely the fish died and then the worm moved in opportunistically

I hope these bristle worm are just scavengers that clean up uneaten food

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I hope these bristle worm are just scavengers that clean up uneaten food

Yes, that is just a bristleworm that came in to feed on the dead fish's tissues. When you see segments like that, you can be pretty confident the it is an annelid, a segmented worm. Tapeworms have segments, but they live in the fish's gut.

Of course, none of that tells you why the angel died.....sorry to see that.

Jay

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Yes, that is just a bristleworm that came in to feed on the dead fish's tissues. When you see segments like that, you can be pretty confident the it is an annelid, a segmented worm. Tapeworms have segments, but they live in the fish's gut.

Of course, none of that tells you why the angel died.....sorry to see that.

Jay

Thank you