Hello,
New to the site and posting a few questions.
I recently lost a Koran Angel in my 87g reef tank. He had developed pop eye about two years ago, recovered somewhat though was blind in that eye. He had ruled the tank pretty much till then. After the blindness in that eye a couple of tangs tended to bully him a bit.
I got an Asfur Angel three weeks ago that had been in the store a month or so. I could hand feed him both in the store and in my tank which was great. There was some squabling ith the two tangs (odly more with the smaller yellow tang- the other is a larger sailfin).
Unfortunatelly he developed a problem in his right eye. Maybe a scrape with the tangs or a parasite. Water quality was good. I treated with tri sulfa at single strength, which may have helped a little. However twwo or three days later the eye was basically totally white (not just cloudy). Mind you he acted normally and ate very well. The tangs were after him though. I couldn't stand it so I set up a spare small tank as a temporary quarantine tank and put him in it.
Although I was worried about doing it I also gave him two fresh water baths for three to four minutes each. The the eye is either clearer (because you can see black where the pupil is) or worse, I'm not sure which.
The fish does not seem stressed and eats if food is offered. The point of the qt stay was to be a short stay. It's much too small (40 litres - not sure how many gallons that is). I have to do water changes every two days to keep amonias under control.
I have just treated wwith double dose tri sulfa (was talked out of copper) and will do 50 % water change tomorrow). Salinity is at 1.019. I'm hoping the stay will give him time to heal and give the drugs a chance to help but don't really feel more than anothe week in that tank would be wise.
I reakise it's not ideal. Any thoughts aand suggestions?
cheers
Paul
New to the site and posting a few questions.
I recently lost a Koran Angel in my 87g reef tank. He had developed pop eye about two years ago, recovered somewhat though was blind in that eye. He had ruled the tank pretty much till then. After the blindness in that eye a couple of tangs tended to bully him a bit.
I got an Asfur Angel three weeks ago that had been in the store a month or so. I could hand feed him both in the store and in my tank which was great. There was some squabling ith the two tangs (odly more with the smaller yellow tang- the other is a larger sailfin).
Unfortunatelly he developed a problem in his right eye. Maybe a scrape with the tangs or a parasite. Water quality was good. I treated with tri sulfa at single strength, which may have helped a little. However twwo or three days later the eye was basically totally white (not just cloudy). Mind you he acted normally and ate very well. The tangs were after him though. I couldn't stand it so I set up a spare small tank as a temporary quarantine tank and put him in it.
Although I was worried about doing it I also gave him two fresh water baths for three to four minutes each. The the eye is either clearer (because you can see black where the pupil is) or worse, I'm not sure which.
The fish does not seem stressed and eats if food is offered. The point of the qt stay was to be a short stay. It's much too small (40 litres - not sure how many gallons that is). I have to do water changes every two days to keep amonias under control.
I have just treated wwith double dose tri sulfa (was talked out of copper) and will do 50 % water change tomorrow). Salinity is at 1.019. I'm hoping the stay will give him time to heal and give the drugs a chance to help but don't really feel more than anothe week in that tank would be wise.
I reakise it's not ideal. Any thoughts aand suggestions?
cheers
Paul
