Angelfish scratching gills?

[93Foxstang]

Hi
I have a blue line and tank raised scribbled angel and noticed them scratching only there gills on the rocks treated with prazi pro yesterday. Does this sound like flukes or something else? Quarantined them with cupramine and prazi pro for 2 months guess I missed something. They are in 225 fish only now.

 

[WayneL333]

Hi
I have a blue line and tank raised scribbled angel and noticed them scratching only there gills on the rocks treated with prazi pro yesterday. Does this sound like flukes or something else? Quarantined them with cupramine and prazi pro for 2 months guess I missed something. They are in 225 fish only now.

My guess it's flukes in the gills. Are there any other fish in the tank and if so, we're they all properly qt'd. Prazi should cure the situation. I would do at least two treatments spaced a week apart to kill any eggs that hatch after the first treatment.

 

[WayneL333]

Keep an eye out for ich too. It may be that also.

 

[SDguy]

Ich also attacks gills on fish, so it could be any number of issues. Quarantine is best to prevent this.

 

[SDguy]

Keep an eye out for ich too. It may be that also.

Beat me to it

 

[93Foxstang]

Never sceen any ick but all 3 fish went through cupramine and prazi pro in quarantine. Do flukes drop off quick just dosed prazi to display tank yesterday and noticed the scribbled still scratching today?

 

[WayneL333]

You should hopefully see them stop scratching in the next couple of days. If they keep doing it, they probably have something else. If that happens, I'd personally would do formalin baths between ttm.

 

[Dmorty217]

Are they breathing heavy and not eating? If so I would guess flukes but these are also both signs of ich. If its a FO you could treat with Chloroquine Phosphate and kill two birds with one stone. You could also do TTM with Formalin or PP like Wayne mentioned above