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05/19/2018, 09:51 PM
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Sick Colin’s angel?
I’m thinking abut getting this fish but a bit hesitant after seeing the red marks around his gill area. Is my concern valid?
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05/20/2018, 02:38 AM
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Location: Montgomery
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Depends if you don’t mind losing the fish if you buy it and then treat. You must know what it is afflicted with and the med on hand . Buying and then figuring out usually never worked for me. If the fish isn’t eating or shows sign of a thin belly area, I don’t buy . They maybe to weak to transfer to your Qt system and further weaken if not eating . If very expensive , I don’t buy . I have asked at some LFS to drop the price low enough that I don’t mind trying to medicate. I just recently made an offer for a small tang for $50. The tang had skin flukes to the point of exhausting itself trying to scratch them off. They said $80 , and I rejected . So in about a week the fish will go to a point of poor survival. Even if treated, small tangs have poor survival rates when not eating or thin bellies. On the other hand if I purchase the fish before too long in the disease state and my diagnosis and treatment is correct , then lucky me.
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05/20/2018, 02:43 AM
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Oh BTW , he has sunken belly and the red area means an infection destroying gill tissue . It could be gill flukes ( is it scratching ?) which can be treated. If breathing heavily (could be velvet ) then don’t buy. If it bacterial infection they can be treated but this is a small fish with no fat reserves. More than likely he will go belly up in your treatment tank in a week .
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05/20/2018, 08:25 AM
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Thanks!
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05/20/2018, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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Colin’s are difficult to begin with, I wouldn’t purchase one that appears to be sick. Is the fish eating at the store?
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05/23/2018, 10:24 AM
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could be high ammonia in the tanks
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05/23/2018, 10:39 AM
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It was definitely interested and picking at the mysis. It was hard to tell if it actually took in any substantial amount. It was only 2” and I haven’t had much luck with that size so I didn’t get it. I will swing by the shop this weekend to see if they have improved. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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