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So far the infection appears to have spread to my flame angelfish (dulling of colors), blue tang (one white speck on him), and niger triggerfish. However the symptoms my niger triggerfish shows are weird. He appears to be slowly losing the tip of his upper back tail, which should not be a symptom of velvet. I am trying to establish my 55g tank as a hospital tank asap, and I have found a vet who is willing to prescribe me chloraquine phosphate, though I am contemplating just treating with cupramine because of my blue tang (which I would have to separate and treat with copper anyway) and because it will take some time for me to get the CP.
Onto the niger triggerfish though. What could it be? Why would it slowly start losing the tip of its tail when that is not a symptom of velvet? There does not appear to be any stringy cottony material there so I assume it’s not fungal, what could be going on? I will try to get some pictures of him when I catch/attempt to catch him.
I have some formalin on hand but I did not want to use it as I have read that it shortens the lifespan of fish. Is this true? I want to get some acriflavine but I can’t find it anywhere except from one or two sites online.
Onto the niger triggerfish though. What could it be? Why would it slowly start losing the tip of its tail when that is not a symptom of velvet? There does not appear to be any stringy cottony material there so I assume it’s not fungal, what could be going on? I will try to get some pictures of him when I catch/attempt to catch him.
I have some formalin on hand but I did not want to use it as I have read that it shortens the lifespan of fish. Is this true? I want to get some acriflavine but I can’t find it anywhere except from one or two sites online.