Struggle Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 PH: 7.8 - 8.0 Nitrates: 30 Hardness: 300+ Nitrite: 0 Ammonia: 0 Alkalinity: 120 - 130 Water Temperature: 76.5 Hi all! My Grandson’s 5 year old angel fish has what appears to be a couple of pimples and I’m not sure what to treat it with or if it’s even treatable. He had a pimple about a month ago but it went away and it looks like two are coming back. The largest pimple is protruding about 1/16”+. The dark spot above the pimple that’s protruding the most is where the previous pimple was that went away. If anyone has ran into this before or has any suggestions I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 White spots are usually an indicator of ich, which is a type of parasite. The most common treatment is Ich-X, though aquarium salt is also a solution. Irene has written a couple of articles on the disease for Aquarium Co-Op and there is also an article about treating disease with aquarium salt. Hope this helps. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/how-to-treat-ich-on-freshwater-fish https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/aquarium-salt-for-sick-fish?_pos=2&_sid=b84df841d&_ss=r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Lizzie Block Posted September 22, 2020 Administrators Share Posted September 22, 2020 I am really not that knowledgeable on keeping fish, is this what they call hole in the head disease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Lizzie Block said: I am really not that knowledgeable on keeping fish, is this what they call hole in the head disease? I don't think hole in the head is very likely. Most cases will cause some form of long-term disfigurement. Here's a quick example of what it looks like at different stages vs. a healthy oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 One more showed up overnight. I have dosed (1) Tbsp of salt per (2) gallons of water and plan on letting it run for a few days. If there is no improvement I’ll go up to a Tbsp per gallon. (I really need to clean the algae off of the glass.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I hope you're successful! Your grandson's angel is a beautiful fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Not much change today but it looks like another one may be forming. His appetite is still strong and he’s still very active. I was able to do a little research today and it looks like it might be Hexamitiasis / hole in the head. We are going to give it one more day with salt @ 82 degrees and then he will go into a quarantine tank and be treated with more heat, Paracleanse, Maracyn and Ich-X to see if it helps any. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ellison Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Good luck. Its a beautiful fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Best of luck! Just a heads up that if you're doing a full course of each of those medications, some of the directions do conflict with each other. Cory has a video on medicating fish with the trio. The link I posted is at a time stamp specific to dealing with active infections rather than as a prophylactic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Thank you Ange, I greatly appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 No real change so I moved him to a hospital tank this evening and started with the med trio @ 85 degrees. Sunday evening I’ll do another dose of Fritz ParaCleanse and see if we can get something headed in the right direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 The meds appear to be working, fingers crossed! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 For anyone following or searching in the future, everything seemed to work out well, he’s a little stressed in this photo as he was just removed from the QT tank and placed back in his regular tank. There appears to be a few marks from the infection but all in all he’s looking pretty good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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