Sick Emperor Need Help

[djcanis]

I got an Emperor Angel, and according to the guy who gave it to me it has "hole in the head", some sort of disease. He said I dont need to medicate just good water and proper diet. What should I do? What is this disease? What am I looking for in the fish? His color is really white twords his head and mouth, other than that the fish looks fine, any ideas?

 

[thangbom]

Hum.. Never Heard Of That Before.. Maybe He Ment Hlle... Anyhow.. Look In The Deseas Forum.. And Look At The Info Trend.. Beth Has Basically All U Need To Know About Curing Sick Fish.. Also Nice Pics And Detaild Discriptions..

 

[birdy]

He is talking about head and lateral line, it is called hole in head sometimes.
A varied diet with lots of vitamins (zoe, or something like that), lots of algae and good meaty foods (like shrimp, squid, clams etc)
Also be sure you have a grounding probe in your tank, some think that stray voltage causes it also.

 

[djcanis]

Thats what he was talking about. My tanks is good and I bought formula two frozen alge with vitamins and nutrients. I'm also using brine and mesis (sp), as well as omega 1 flake. It should be a good diet for it. I'm just wondering if it can spread to my other fish. The emperor was abused and in really bad conditions. If I didn't take it it was going to be flushed and I couldnt let it die. I will post pics of the fish tomorrow. Thanks.

 

[sw65galma]

The same people who make formuala Two makes a Formula Angel w/sponge...Get that..
Emporers require Sponges in thier diet as well.