Phil Harding Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) I've got an angel fish which is dying. It's appears to have internal haemorrhaging, probably from an internal bacterial infection. I don't expect it to last the night. If it does, is there anything treatment I can give it? It's spawning mate died the day before yesterday. I found I had a spike in nitrate, so that it was at 50ppm, which I think may have been caused by my bristle nose digging a big crater in the gravel which it hasn't done before. I've got the nitrate back down to 25ppm. I'm going to take out the dwarf sag and deep clean sections of the gravel. The remaining angel behaving happier, but the red lines started appearing this afternoon. Water parameters: Capacity: 90 litres Ammonia: 0ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 25ppm GH: 8 degrees KH: 4 degrees pH: 6.4 Chlorine: 0 Temperature: 25C (77F) Shares a tank with 1x bristle nose, 2x swordtails. Thanks in advance. Edited March 12, 2021 by Phil Harding Forgot temperature in parameters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 With the symptoms you describe I would treat with maracyn2 or kanaplex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Harding Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 23 minutes ago, Colu said: With the symptoms you describe I would treat with maracyn2 or kanaplex Thanks @Colu for getting back so quickly.If I can't get hold of either of those locally (UK), I'll try and get something equivalent.🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Phil Harding said: Thanks @Colu for getting back so quickly.If I can't get hold of either of those locally (UK), I'll try and get something equivalent.🤞 @Colu is local to the UK. I bet he has a UK friendly solution. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Harding Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, Daniel said: @Colu is local to the UK. I bet he has a UK friendly solution. 🙂 Awesome! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) I usually order maracyn or maracyn2 off Amazon it can take a couple of weeks to get he you should be able to get Esha 2000 which is antibacterial treatment or NT labs antibacterial treatment @Phil Harding Edited March 12, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Harding Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Unfortunately, the angelfish died during the night. 😞 I've put the remaining fish into another tank with some swordtail fry (that are now big enough to not be eaten) and done a complete tank rebuild. I think my mistake from the start was that I inherited the tank with some fish in a bucket and should have completely cleaned the gravel, instead of rushing to get the fish back into the tank. I probably had a lot of nasty stuff buried in the gravel which got stirred up and then sucked into the filter. Thanks for your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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