My Regal Angelfish just developed this condition today. It looks like her intestines have popped out of her butt. Is my assumption correct? Is there anything I can do? Is she a goner?
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My Regal Angelfish just developed this condition today. It looks like her intestines have popped out of her butt. Is my assumption correct? Is there anything I can do? Is she a goner?
It is barely eating. Until yesterday she was a pig and was not afraid to push her way to the algae clip. Now she doesn’t go after the nori and barely eats.Oh no - will up to the fish to retract it.
Is it still eating ?
Yes- this condition is irritating it and making it literally impossible to pass food. Often straining to get rid of stuck food portions as well as an unknown internal parasitic infection will cause this. There really is no treatment for this but you can treat fish with seachem kanaplex to prevent area from getting infected if not already.It is barely eating. Until yesterday she was a pig and was not afraid to push her way to the algae clip. Now she doesn’t go after the nori and barely eats.
Just keep feeding it what it will take. There is Not anything you can do if it is mechanical damage, sorry.Today is a frozen food day where I feed a smorgasbord of frozen cube Hikari Mega Marine Angel, Mega Marine Algae, Hikari Spirulina Mysis, Pro Salt Clam strips chopped up, a little bit of Rods Fish Food. All of this is soaked with Brightwell Vitamarin-M. This is my weekend treat for the fish, normally I feed freeze-dried calanus, mysis, and plankton, vacuum rehydrated with a mixture of Birghtwell AminOmega and Vitamarin-M along with diced nori (2mm by 7mm). I also provide tightly rolled-up nori on two algae clips on either end of the tank.
The Regal Angelfish is barely eating, maybe three small pecks of frozen mysis. She is pecking at algae on the rocks but the loss of appetite is concerning.