Sick Enperoe

[Coral.Inc]

I have this beautiful emperor for about 7 years and never seen him like this!
I have a FOWLR and didnt add any fish recently (the last one was one year ago)
Suddendly he started to act strange and hide on the rocks. All the other fishes are fine, what could possible be this?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have this beautiful emperor for about 7 years and never seen him like this!
I have a FOWLR and didnt add any fish recently (the last one was one year ago)
Suddendly he started to act strange and hide on the rocks. All the other fishes are fine, what could possible be this?

Appears to be velvet and placing fish in a mixing bowl will further stress it.
You will need to place fish in Quarantine tank and treat with Coppersafe or Copper Power at therapeutic level 2.25-2.5 For a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.
The display tank will have to be kept fishless (FALLOW) for 6-8 weeks to assure the existing parasites go through their life cycle without a host fish and die off
A quarantine tank can be as simple as a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Emperor angels are well known to develop blanched skin spots in response to skin parasites. The two most common causes are flukes and marine ich, Cryptocaryon.

I can't say how those could have gotten into the tank though. No new fish, but have you added anything wet to the tank in the last three months?

Jay

 

[Coral.Inc]

Thank you Vette! I just put him in there to take a good pic. Actually I just did all the protocol! You and Jay even not knowing me, just helped many times. No fishes enter into my tank without 28 days protocol. Thats seems really strange to me. I just cant understand how this happened

 

[Coral.Inc]

Emperor angels are well known to develop blanched skin spots in response to skin parasites. The two most common causes are flukes and marine ich, Cryptocaryon.

I can't say how those could have gotten into the tank though. No new fish, but have you added anything wet to the tank in the last three months?

Jay

Hello Jay!
First of all, you are a really blessing in this hobby. I have follow your protocol since then and never had any issues. I really take quarantine seriously. But this time really strike me.
Nothing got into my tank in the past year. And all the fishes seems fine. No white spots, healthy and eating really well.
They are in a 1050G tank and really, nothing got into. No rocks, no inverts, nothing!
By the way I already did everything. I was just wondering if he is getting old (to a reef a tank)
or stresses could just make him like that

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hello Jay!
First of all, you are a really blessing in this hobby. I have follow your protocol since then and never had any issues. I really take quarantine seriously. But this time really strike me.
Nothing got into my tank in the past year. And all the fishes seems fine. No white spots, healthy and eating really well.
They are in a 1050G tank and really, nothing got into. No rocks, no inverts, nothing!
By the way I already did everything. I was just wondering if he is getting old (to a reef a tank)
or stresses could just make him like that

I don't think it is age related - I've never seen that, even with really old ones. The stress reaction is possible, but I'm not sure what would be stressing it, usually, the stress is parasites.

You could wait for secondary symptoms, to see if they develop. Things to watch for would be; other fish starting to show spots, or rapid breathing or lack of appetite in the angelfish.

Jay