Angelfish not doing good

[40g Nano]

I got a coral beauty from my lfs 2 weeks ago and it ate at the store. I brought it home and for a week it was doing good, then a few days ago it looked like it has a fungal infection. I started to treat it with melafix on Sunday, but today it was just resting itself on a rock, laying on it. What should I do now?
Thanks as always

 

[AC1211]

I got a coral beauty from my lfs 2 weeks ago and it ate at the store. I brought it home and for a week it was doing good, then a few days ago it looked like it has a fungal infection. I started to treat it with melafix on Sunday, but today it was just resting itself on a rock, laying on it. What should I do now?
Thanks as always

Send pics immediately. Are you sure of it being fungal and not a weird look of velvet as I had a velvet outbreak and my coral beauty looked like it had a fungal infection but it was actually velvet? Send pics and maybe time for a water change. If that does not help perhaps say your goodbyes.

 

[40g Nano]

On its body towards its tail, it had a white cottony blotch on it, but I can’t tell today because it is hiding

 

[40g Nano]

@Jay Hemdal

 

[40g Nano]

well I hope it survives until I can do something after school

 

[vetteguy53081]

You may be describing lympho and associated with water quality
Please advise on following values:
Ammonia
Nitrate
Temp
Salinity
Ph
Foods you are offering

rather than melafix, I’d be more apt to use formalin based meds such as general cure or ruby pro which treats secondary infections

 

[Jay Hemdal]

well I hope it survives until I can do something after school

To be honest, once a fish becomes "moribund" (unable to swim properly) it becomes very difficult to bring it back from that point. Damage control becomes critical - what other fish are in the tank with it? As others mentioned, a picture helps, but even better would be a Youtube video link. The reason why is we want to get an idea as to the fish's respiration rate, and I can get that from a video.

Melafix is more of a "tonic" than a cure for serious disease issues.

Jay

 

[40g Nano]

Pimafix not melafix

 

[40g Nano]

No other fish, and it seems to be breathing faster than normal

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Pimafix is just bay leaf oil, I would not use it. The rapid breathing is key here. That stems from some sort of systemic infection. It could be bacterial (based on the "fungal" symptoms you gave) or more likely, it is protozoal. If the latter, it is probably Amyloodinium (velvet). This causes rapid breathing and a haze or dust to the fish's skin. It is a very fast acting disease, and fish death occurs often within a day or so of the symptoms being noticed. You can try to do a 5 minute FW dip to buy a little time, but ultimately, without a dedicated treatment tank, there isn't much else you can do.

I hate to add this, but your screen name is 14g Nano - if that is the tank the coral beauty is in, it is a pretty small tank for that species. It can be done, just that it is a bit more difficult, especially if the tank has a lot of rock in it.

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

I wondered the same- if it were tank size

 

[Rjukan]

I thought same but in their build thread they mention a 40g, I believe that's the tank it's in.

 

[40g Nano]

It’s in a 40

 

[40g Nano]

He didn’t make it sadly.

 

[40g Nano]

How should I kill any disease/parasites in the tank?