Does my Flame Angel have Sun Burn???

[downhillbiker]

My flame angel is showing dark speckles like dirt on the top side of his body. It is mostly on the front part of the top of his body, toward his head.

I just added the fish and he may not be used to the light, could he be sun burnt?

Or is there some disease that I am not familiar with that looks like dirt speckles. I dont see it on any fish, he is not scratching, and is eating normally.

 

[FloridaFisher]

black ich??

 

[kar93]

im thinking the same.

 

[Quiet1]

I would post this question in the Fish Disease Treatment Forum.

 

[downhillbiker]

so the sun burn thing isn't possible? so how does black ich get treated? can i treat it in the main tank or do i have to qt? i really dont want to have to dig around in there. is it contageous like ich?

 

[downhillbiker]

i dont really think that black ich is it. black ich actually has raised spots like white spot, right? the black spots would be like the size of a grain of salt?

this doesnt look like spots at all. this looks like the fish just has some dirty areas. there arent individual specks or groups of specks, just looks like some dirt smeared in a couple areas.

 

[drifty]

My brother had the same thing happen to his flame when he changed from t8 to mh. The sun burn lasted a few years though

 

[downhillbiker]

see i just put the fish under the metal halides and i dont think that it is used to that. it was under CF before this, 65w of pure power.

 

[downhillbiker]

anyone else have experience with possible sunburns?