Why Do I Keep On Loosing My AngelFish ?

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:37 pm

well, i posted a little while ago that one was being more aggresive to the other two so i adopted out the less dominant ones and kept the larger dominant one. Today i noticed it hiding in the back, unussual

. now that i just fed i see that a part of its gills has a hole in it

. again, i had these guys from a group originally of four for close to a year now, i think and is very likely this guy will not make it through since last year i also lost a small group to something weird like this...suggestions anyone? ph is acidic. tank is somewhat nicely planted, two fluval 405 filter in a 120 gls aquarium, no larger fish to bother it...i don't know what else it could be. help

marge618 · Post by **marge618** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:53 am

ddavila06 wrote:well, i posted a little while ago that one was being more aggresive to the other two so i adopted out the less dominant ones and kept the larger dominant one. Today i noticed it hiding in the back, unussual . now that i just fed i see that a part of its gills has a hole in it . again, i had these guys from a group originally of four for close to a year now, i think and is very likely this guy will not make it through since last year i also lost a small group to something weird like this...suggestions anyone? ph is acidic. tank is somewhat nicely planted, two fluval 405 filter in a 120 gls aquarium, no larger fish to bother it...i don't know what else it could be. help

I don't know what to tell you. Angel fish don't usually have many problems. Try posting on the Capital Cichlid forum, or the cichlid-forum. There are many SA fishkeepers there.

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:53 pm

ok, today i managed to take close-up pictures, i don't know the CCA people very well to mess around with their site (so i abuse of GWAPA

) but let me know what you guys think could be and a possible reason. thanks

Cristy Keister · Post by **Cristy Keister** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:18 am

Looks to me like a mutation, not disease.

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:25 am

mutation? should i be releived or worried? can you explain

thanks

Cristy Keister · Post by **Cristy Keister** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:28 am

I mean it looks like the gill plate didn't form correctly as it grew, which shouldn't bother the fish.

You might be relieved if you believe me. But I could be wrong - it's just an educated guess.

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:51 am

i see, hopefully thats what it is because the angel is hungry and active...thanks Cristy

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:09 am

update: the hole looking thing hasn't grown anymore...maybe it is a "defect", you know, a birth defect like Crysty explained...angel look fine though

Why Do I Keep On Loosing My AngelFish ?

Why Do I Keep On Loosing My AngelFish ?

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