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Unread 04/05/2020, 04:37 PM   #51
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While I did ask that question days ago to confirm and have yet to get an answer, pretty sure it was Christmas Island. Live Aquaria Divers Den is not enamoring themselves in this case as I have had unanswered questions for days while I try to save the GF....no sense of urgency and little caring....


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Unread 04/05/2020, 07:07 PM   #52
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I did ask the question on where collected to verify but no answer and its been 4-5 days. However the GF is only known to be indigenous to Christmas Island off Australia. Good news is that he did eat American reef HPD tonight. Its a start!


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Unread 04/07/2020, 02:51 PM   #53
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I did ask the question on where collected to verify but no answer and its been 4-5 days. However the GF is only known to be indigenous to Christmas Island off Australia. Good news is that he did eat American reef HPD tonight. Its a start!
How is the fish doing now?

According to what I could find the Goldflake Angel is primarily found in the South Pacific Ocean: the Gilbert Islands to the Line Islands. Reported from Kapingamarangi Atoll (eastern Caroline Islands), Nauru, Canton (Phoenix Islands), Howland, Baker, and Fanning (Line Islands) Atolls.
Christmas Island is the westernmost point it is found, not the only place it occurs.


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Unread 04/07/2020, 04:13 PM   #54
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I did get a response from them finally and it was collected around Christmas Island in early January. It spent 2 weeks in California facility and then 3 weeks in Wisconsin facility. They do not know if it was part of a pair although they did say that if they noticed that they would have tried to collect both and keep them together. Then they said try Epson salt with GC treatment. Current status is that he is eating live shrimp ( i feed the shrimp selcon for 24 hours before feeding her as i know brime has very little nutritional value) and occasionally HPD..Won’t eat anything else he used to eat like mysis, sponge, pellets or even flake occasionally. I wouldn’t classify it as robust But she is eating Haven’t seen any feces yet so can’t say whether the parasites are getting better.


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Unread 04/07/2020, 04:29 PM   #55
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The fish taking any food at all is a good sign.

Did it stop the glass surfing?


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Unread 04/07/2020, 04:43 PM   #56
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Just observed and he’s still surfing. I’m thinking of putting in a clownfish in there to calm him down and give some companionship and model robust eating....


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Unread 04/07/2020, 09:41 PM   #57
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Put in a lightning maroon clownfish. They're getting along but still no improvement in glass surfing for gf. Still as bad as ever in that department. Cant figure it out.....


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Unread 04/08/2020, 08:57 AM   #58
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Still surfing this morning...if anything a bit worse especially his going backwards part. His feces is still long skinny and white/clear...ugh...


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Unread 04/08/2020, 01:40 PM   #59
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Still has internal parasites more than likely (didn’t read the thread entirely to see if you have treated with something other than copper) Copper is notoriously harsh on angels and I would go another treatment route if I were you.


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Unread 04/08/2020, 01:46 PM   #60
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Currently treating with general cure for parasites...not working and since he’s not eating anything that allows me to use f‘bendazole and metro kind of stuck........copper was for suspected velvet...


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Unread 04/08/2020, 02:16 PM   #61
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Velvet is best treated with chloroquine phosphate. Unfortunately it's next to impossible to get these days.

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Unread 04/08/2020, 07:03 PM   #62
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Currently treating with general cure for parasites...not working and since he’s not eating anything that allows me to use f‘bendazole and metro kind of stuck........copper was for suspected velvet...
What size QT are you treating?


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Velvet is best treated with chloroquine phosphate. Unfortunately it's next to impossible to get these days.

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It is the cure for Wuhan virus so it’s to be expected. I have some I could send to remedy the problem, depending on the water volume needing treated. Is it a established QT?


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Unread 04/08/2020, 09:13 PM   #64
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He’s in a 55g qt. I will need to treat my 625g FOWLR too but will use another med for that. Thank you!


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Unread 04/09/2020, 08:17 PM   #65
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GF ate mysis shrimp tonight coated in meds. Still glass surfing though....


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Unread 04/10/2020, 05:09 PM   #66
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Good news....Looks like all the effort is paying off! She ate mysis shrimp and American reef HPD very robustly today. All soaked in meds. Her internal parasites seem to be getting better as a surfing is also more controlled and less frantic. Improvement all around! Thanks to all I think we are on our way to a successful ending and full recovery!

Now on to display where I’m still seeing signs of powdery sheen but it can’t be velvet or they'd all be dead by now. Noticed a couple of salt size dots on hippo yesterday but gone today and just noticed a a couple on head of gem. Could be a bump from hitting rocks but she has a powdery sheen...anyway everyone eating well so hesitant to douse DT again after 30days of copper which has all been removed with poly filter pads.....this hobby surely can be challenging.,..i might try hyposalinity now since its FOWLR. Although hypo does not treat velvet.....observe more for now...


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Unread 04/11/2020, 11:10 AM   #67
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GF is back to surfing frantically but eating very well.....not sure where that leaves us....


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