Fin Rot? on Regal Angel

[christinaekenn]

I have had a regal angel (about 4 inches long and from the red sea) for about 3 months now. I love this fish and he eats anything under the sun! I recently moved from Florida to Georgia and took my reef tank with me. My poor guy has since had ick, some sort of bacterial infection, cloudy eyes, and fin rot. Everything seems to be better except the fin rot. I believe it to be fin rot because his fins are being eaten away but he also seems to maybe have some parasite attached to his soft dorsal fin. It appears to be eating away on the interior of this fin. I moved him into a quarantine tank and treated with Bifuran, then Kanaplex, and now I have turned to Maracyn and Copper Safe. Nothing has made him better and it has been a month or more. I have also tried dips in freshwater and saltwater dips in paraguard. Fortunately, he is still very greedy with his food and I have been feeding him medicated pellets as well as garlic on his mysis. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how to beat this fin rot? Or what else it may be? I love this fish and want to help him the best that I can.

Please Help.

Thanks
Christina

 

[Steven Pro]

Do you have a picture?

 

[christinaekenn]

No I cannot get a clear enough photo of it....Anyone?

 

[christinaekenn]

I guess no one has dealt with this before? Please help, I really love this fish. Since none of the meds are helping, could it be a viral thing?

 

[Steven Pro]

Your fish might have fin rot, a bacterial infection. But, you have already treated it with a variety of antibiotics and siad they had no effect. It could also be ammonia burn from your recent move. Or, it could be MHLLE. That is why I asked for a picture.

 

[christinaekenn]

I will try and get a photo for you this evening but with the maracyn, it makes photo taking very hard.

 

[janakaybravo]

You could take out the maracyn with carbon and turn off the power heads and then take the picture. Then you could add the maracyn back into the tank.

I have the same problem with the fish I am treating. The water is green from the medicine and the light is so low I can't hardly tell if he's getting better.

 

[saltyunderground]

There's some good info here for regal angels. I was looking for info on a dorsal fin problem with my Lamarks angel adn saw this.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/aug2002/Fish.htm