dead or dieing flame angel

jjspati

Member
my angel was introduced about 1 weekago to the tank. they are existing angels, 1 coral and one blue also in the tank. a couple days ago he started swimming upward, but no longer than for a few seconds. this morning i found him in the corner in some rocks breathing heavy bottom down face up. i know this happens somtimes. the thing i noticed was that he was always hanging out by the cleaner shrimp. The cleaner would hardly ever clean him or touch him. he would ignore him when he felt him with his wiskers. do you guys think he had somthing that even the shrimp wont touch. What disease is this called. i know its a popular one. right now is inside a conch shell surrounded and buryed by lava rock. most likely dead. im giving him a little bit before i find out.
 

jimi

Active Member
What size tank do you have? What are your water readings? How long has your tank been running? What type of filtration? Does not really sound like ich if there is no spots visible.Any other spots or discoloration visible.
 

jjspati

Member
tank is a 45gal. running for about 6 months. no signs of ich. water tests just finished. everything a.o.k. 0,0,0. salinity is fine to. there was no color problems. he looked like a great fish. he looked even brighter after the first few days ive had him. i did add some cured rock, (the first live rock ive put in)2 days ago. it smelled fine. plus my ammonia is 0 so dont think it was that.
 

jjspati

Member
i never had any to start. i just introduced 3 pounds of it 2 days ago. cured rock. it has some of that apetasia anemone on it. like 4 small patches
 
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