djvant Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 I have four angel fish in a community tank with silver dollars and loaches. A few weeks ago one of the angels had what appeared to be a swollen bottom with a bit of blood, it cleared up over about a week. but now that angel has wasted away and become extremely skinny. Used to have a red stripe through its eye, but the color has now faded out. its skin looks like shriveled up leather. Overall the fish just looks like a skeleton with skin. When i put food in the tank he is interested and follows it, but never actually seems to eat any of it. None of my other fish seem to be affected. Does anyone know what has caused this, is this contagious, and is it a treatable condition or should i put the fish down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Any red things hanging out the fishes bum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 this sounds like worms, u can treat with prazi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 this sounds like worms, u can treat with prazi Depends what type of worms of course so some more questions would probably help.. Prazi will only work against certain types.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvant Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Any red things hanging out the fishes bum? Bum was swollen like a pimple with red stringy bits hanging out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 It would not be worth setting up another tank and treating the fish. Angels are cheap. it would only suffer and success rate would be small i reckon. I would put it down before it contaminates others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 I used aviverm on my friends angels with the same thing. 1ml to 100litres they were sweet after 3days of treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Yep aviverm is the ticket for that it is pretty nasty, you can google them if you want they are called camallanus worms. Make sure you treat all the fish in the tank and all others that it has come into contact with. Also make sure you treat once do a massive vac out 24 hours later, then treat again in a week to break the cycle. The first treatment may make the fish improve straight away but the worms only get paralysed and then passed to be ingested again and start causing issues later (which is why you vac them up). Also the treatment doesn't kill eggs so you need to treat again in a week to ensure you get anymore that have hatched. Dosage is 1ml of 23% levamisole per 115L (you can overdose upto 1ml/L so don't stress too much if you do put a bit too much in). Good luck and let us know how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 It would not be worth setting up another tank and treating the fish. Angels are cheap. it would only suffer and success rate would be small i reckon. I would put it down before it contaminates others. This is bad advice with camallanus because by the time you see it and it starts affecting the fish it is already very advanced and likely all fish already have it to some degree.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 It startles me how calus people can be saying "Angels are cheep" people get into fish keeping as a passion and want to do everything to help save their fish not just toss them away when the get sick. Like most sickness most fish will have it to some degree so a broad tank treatment would help with that just keep a eye out for any other fish with the signs of infection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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