Blue Line Angel Sick

Angelguy2502 · Jun 3, 2020

Good evening.
Im new here but have been reading posts for a while now and hope someone can help me out.
My Blue Line Angel all of a sudden stopped eating and is swimming in a weird manner as if it was heavy and it is trying to drag itself up. It is breathing really heavy and it seems to have a redish coloration on his mouth. I pulled him out of my 300gal DT and he is in a smaller tank by himself but I have no idea what it is.
Thanks for anyone that could somehow help me out.

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Big G · Jun 4, 2020

Welcome to R2R!

A good first step would be to give the fish a freshwater dip to check for flukes. Will also help the fish to breathe better. Watch at the 3 minute mark for flukes to spasm and fall off the fish. A dark container will make it easier to see the dead parasites as they are small sesame seed sized.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

Angelguy2502 · Jun 4, 2020

Big G said:
Welcome to R2R!

A good first step would be to give the fish a freshwater dip to check for flukes. Will also help the fish to breathe better. Watch at the 3 minute mark for flukes to spasm and fall off the fish. A dark container will make it easier to see the dead parasites as they are small sesame seed sized.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

Awesome. I did but it was a white container but i looked carefully and didnt see anything