Regal Angel Primer
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OrionN
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Two problems.
1. Eroding of the fins in various area with the bonny ray intact is cause for concern that the fish may have bacterial infection, fin rot.
2. The white spots looks like lymphocystis.
I would treat him (QT tank) with antibiotic for the eroding lesions on the fins. There is nothing you can do about lymphocystis. These lesions, if they are lymphocystis, will eventually go away once the fish regain his health.
Pinkskunk
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ok thanks Minh. should i treat with Cipro while i have them on hand?
to answer other questions: no the fish has no damage while in store when it arrived. the white spots comes in after a few days in QT. yes i know the QT is small but i try to change the water every 2 days now.
Pinkskunk
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i forgot to take picture. but the fins at the top gets worse, more torn spots. Also, the white spots are not spreading and no new ones occurred. but the place where the old white spots occur now are holes, in other words, the white spot left holes in its place. the fish still eat but only a couple of mysis and ignored the rest. i still change 100% water every 2nd day. treat cipro nightly, appears no effect on the fins and tail infection issue, med doesnt seem to help stop the infection or some sort. perhaps its the water quality? when i do water change i do 100%. last night i did it and plan to move the fish into the DT on the 2nd day, where the water is better and more stable.
i forgot to take picture. but the fins at the top gets worse, more torn spots. Also, the white spots are not spreading and no new ones occurred. but the place where the old white spots occur now are holes, in other words, the white spot left holes in its place. the fish still eat but only a couple of mysis and ignored the rest. i still change 100% water every 2nd day. treat cipro nightly, appears no effect on the fins and tail infection issue, med doesnt seem to help stop the infection or some sort. perhaps its the water quality? when i do water change i do 100%. last night i did it and plan to move the fish into the DT on the 2nd day, where the water is better and more stable.
alton
Well-known member
Moving a sick fish into your display is a bad idea if you have other fish? You take a chance of infecting all of them. I did that once, I thought I was invincible. Moved a sickly fish into my very large sump because of better water quality and lost all my fish in my display, it was not worth it.
Pinkskunk
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i hear you loud and clear. but the cipro treatment does not appear to do anything, fish actually gets worse. so i thought it may not be the infection???
but water quality......??
but water quality......??
OrionN
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I did this before too. Also involved a Regal angel. The Regal angel died, take with it about 1/3 of the fish in my DT.
Not response to treatment is a strong reason not to introduce it to your DT.
I also introduced a clam with PMD from a friend's tank to my tank in 2001, thinking that it was environmental factor that cause the clam not doing well. I lost many thousand dollars worth of clams due to that mistake and came up with fresh water dipped as treatment for this disease.
These errors were back in the time when I used to think I know it all.
Juvi regal didn't make it
Juvi regal didn't make it
My yellow belly juvi died last night. Was in the display for about 3 months. He was eating everything and not getting picked on. 3 days ago started showing some fin deterioration on his tail fins and worsened and spread quickly. I assume it was a bacterial infection based on appearance and behavior. By yesterday morning he was swimming more upright with his mouth facing upwards near the top of the tank at the overflow. Heavy breathing. Assume due to infected gills. Also stopped eating yesterday AM. Was dead by evening. Purchased from Live Aquaria 3 months ago and came in healthy. Was a juvi medium coming in around 1.5-2 inches. Smallest I’ve ever seen and did well for a while! Had him eating everything by week 2 starting with live clam then frozen brine.
Thoughts on the cause?
Juvi regal didn't make it
My yellow belly juvi died last night. Was in the display for about 3 months. He was eating everything and not getting picked on. 3 days ago started showing some fin deterioration on his tail fins and worsened and spread quickly. I assume it was a bacterial infection based on appearance and behavior. By yesterday morning he was swimming more upright with his mouth facing upwards near the top of the tank at the overflow. Heavy breathing. Assume due to infected gills. Also stopped eating yesterday AM. Was dead by evening. Purchased from Live Aquaria 3 months ago and came in healthy. Was a juvi medium coming in around 1.5-2 inches. Smallest I’ve ever seen and did well for a while! Had him eating everything by week 2 starting with live clam then frozen brine.
Thoughts on the cause?
All other fish and coral fine.
After following this thread for years and losing a couple regals in QT due to never eating I did things differently this time. Got a baby. Put him in the display after a freshwater dip. Separated by egg crate for a couple weeks. Still didn't eat. (Live clams, mysis, flakes, anything soaked in garlic, didn't eat). Cut him loose and he almost immediately started eating frozen brine and then everything else. I believe they need to be around other fish eating out of the column. They also need live rock to nibble on before they accept prepared food.
He got fatter and never was picked on. 3 months after acclimation (this week) I noticed the fin rot and quick deterioration. Not sure what stress could have caused his immune system to go south that fast. Check my previous posts for videos of him along the way
this is me
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So you got the Maldive Regal with the misbar on DD yesterday? I was showing the wife but she said "we already got 3". I refreshed the page and it was sold.
Nice fish!
Nice fish!
Unforunately no 
Misbar would have been awesome. I just got one of the standard Maldives Regals on their site. My prazi was old so I will go get some more today and begin treating. He isn't shy at all but not interested in any food yet. Kind of lethargic and a little heavy "breathing".
Misbar would have been awesome. I just got one of the standard Maldives Regals on their site. My prazi was old so I will go get some more today and begin treating. He isn't shy at all but not interested in any food yet. Kind of lethargic and a little heavy "breathing".
this is me
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So who got that misbar yesterday? Show your face!
