Okay, I have this 6 inch Christmas island imperator that was eating everything I put in the tank for the first 2 days. On the third day in the tank, he is covered in what looks like Ich and doesn't want to eat. Only other fish in there is a Naso Tang that is doing fine. No signs of aggression between the two. Water params are all normal, temp is stable. What could it be? Could I have over fed? Is that even possible? I fed him frozen krill and Spectrum pellets, loads of it and he gobbled it all up.
Imperator sick...need help...
- Thread starter Richieboy
- Start date
LargeAngels
Premium Member
It could have come infected with ich or velvet. Either way all your other fish will be infected so you need to setup a QT for all fish and treat appropriately. Do a FW dip. If the white dots fall off then velvet and only treatment is copper. If they don't fall off then ich and you can do hypo or copper. Personally I prefer, and use on all type of angels, Cupramine copper.
LargeAngels
Premium Member
Angels do extremely well in Cupramine copper, much less toxic than other coppers.
ReefMasta08
In Memoriam
i maintain 4 fish only systems at work, all rang to 3000G to 2000G. i run cupramine at a 3 to 3 1/2 range and i might have a fish die a day and is mostly caused by other tank mates or not eating and stressed. but you can also try a melafix or pimafix, an antibacterial solution to solve some problems and is reef safe to inverts and corals.
Similar threads
