adamh Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Just came to my fish room and my angels look suddenly strange. Showing clamped fin? And seem to be a little gaspy. temp 78f ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 35 GH 250ppm chlorine 0 kh 50ppm ph 7.5 thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) My angel does this all the time. He gets fairly stressed out over the little things. When something like this happends I just do a waterchange. It usually puts him back into his "GIVE ME FOOD" mood. I can see some pink showing on his pectoral fin, my angel also has that when he doesnt like the water. Nitrate is a bit high, it should be at 20ppm. Edited April 5, 2021 by JamesB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamh Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 There are several in there acting this way (this is a 55g grow out tank). I watch them pretty heavily and have never seen this behavior. Have not had any issue with them at this nitrate level, but will be doing a water change in a few minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I would add an extra air stone it could be low levels of desolved oxygen in the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 How long have they been in the tank ? That hardness is a bit on the extreme level for angels - i'm not an expert as to just how hard the water can be for angelfish but it is certainly far harder than my tanks which are gh 7 kh 3. - Yea i would start with the water change but a bit concern something in the water is making them unhappy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamh Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) They’ve been in there about three months. GH has always been at that level their whole life with no observed issues. measured in ppm Edited April 5, 2021 by adamh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamh Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 I am wondering if they have gill flukes? Anyone familiar with symptoms in angelfish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamh Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Just found one of the mollies floating dead in there. Angels are now listing kind of 3/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Im just grasping at straws but if you’re on city water and recently did a water change the city may of been doing a system flush with higher than usual chemicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamh Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Nope, I was holding off just in case of that. I just hit them with paracleanse a couple of hours ago. It was about normal feeding time so I put a small amount of food in the tank to see reaction. A couple came up for it, most were actually willing to eat when it came to them in the water column. These guys are typically hogs and go nuts any time you even look at them so there is definitely something up besides water quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Could a toxin got in the tank? Is it possible something could be leaking electrical current? For a tank full of seemingly healthy fish to all start acting strange. No other symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamh Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 UPDATE: everyone is looking much better today! Still a little lethargic, but clamped fins are almost all gone and some seem back to normal!🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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