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[yassin.ghanem]

hello everyone,

A few weeks ago a coral beauty angel of mine disappeared in my established 75gallon. Now my zebra bar dart fish is hiding and breathing fast. 7 other fish in the tank are eating and showing 0 signs of disease. Should I remove him and treat him with copper for possible velvet? Wouldn't the other fish show signs? I see no specs on his body or on any fish.

My second question is about my angler. I had him with a damsel the same size as him and he ate him (I messed up) he's like a balloon now. Is he going to make it? This is in my 40 gallon.

 

[yassin.ghanem]

Here are pics. The respiratory rate of the dartfish is dangerously fast

 

[yassin.ghanem]

Sorry guys I have new info.... the dartfish has white stringy poop, could this be the culprit? How can I treat the whole tank without causing an ammonia spike? I have prazipro

 

[CarrieB]

You'll probably get more reponses in the Fish Disease forum.

@Humblefish @melypr1985

 

[Humblefish]

White stringy poop = intestinal worms. More info: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/internal-parasites-intestinal-worms.267419/

P.S. I moved this thread to the fish disease forum.

 

[yassin.ghanem]

Thanks- any ideas about my angler? I treated with prazi in the display and ordered the metro plus focus to food soak. The dartfish didn't make it after I did a prazi bath and QT over night.

 

[Humblefish]

Thanks- any ideas about my angler? I treated with prazi in the display and ordered the metro plus focus to food soak. The dartfish didn't make it after I did a prazi bath and QT over night.

I'm not the best source of info when it comes to anglers. Let's ask @Lionfish Lair and #reefsquad to chime in.

 

[JaimeAdams]

Your angler should be fine. Although he may not eat for a few days.