Weird dot(s) on Heraldi Angelfish

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First I wanted to thank everybody that take of their time to post and answer on this amazing forum, making the hobby much easier to navigate thru.

So I got this Heraldi Angel 3 weeks ago and he is currently in its 2 second week of copper treatment.
At some point in the beggining of the first week I observed a pinkish dot on its side.I thought it was a scale lesion but since than the mark changed.For the last week it now has a black/brown dor in the center of the pink dot.
After taking the picture and zooming in the dorsal fin I also found thousands of little black dots.
Otherwise the fish looks perfectly healthy, eats well , swims ...
The other tank mates are a purple firefish, coral beauty and a melanurus wrasse, everybody looks good.
Any idea what the pink dot on the side and the millions of black dots in the dorsal fin are?
If yes how should i proceed?
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First I wanted to thank everybody that take of their time to post and answer on this amazing forum, making the hobby much easier to navigate thru.

So I got this Heraldi Angel 3 weeks ago and he is currently in its 2 second week of copper treatment.
At some point in the beggining of the first week I observed a pinkish dot on its side.I thought it was a scale lesion but since than the mark changed.For the last week it now has a black/brown dor in the center of the pink dot.
After taking the picture and zooming in the dorsal fin I also found thousands of little black dots.
Otherwise the fish looks perfectly healthy, eats well , swims ...
The other tank mates are a purple firefish, coral beauty and a melanurus wrasse, everybody looks good.
Any idea what the pink dot on the side and the millions of black dots in the dorsal fin are?
If yes how should i proceed?
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This is a puncture wound and can be from an urchin or other object. While it should heal on its own is red and may be infected and I recommend Minimum treatment in tank using Ruby rally pro which is reef safe or for better results, seachem Neoplex in a separate tank with added aeration via air stone
 
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First I wanted to thank everybody that take of their time to post and answer on this amazing forum, making the hobby much easier to navigate thru.

So I got this Heraldi Angel 3 weeks ago and he is currently in its 2 second week of copper treatment.
At some point in the beggining of the first week I observed a pinkish dot on its side.I thought it was a scale lesion but since than the mark changed.For the last week it now has a black/brown dor in the center of the pink dot.
After taking the picture and zooming in the dorsal fin I also found thousands of little black dots.
Otherwise the fish looks perfectly healthy, eats well , swims ...
The other tank mates are a purple firefish, coral beauty and a melanurus wrasse, everybody looks good.
Any idea what the pink dot on the side and the millions of black dots in the dorsal fin are?
If yes how should i proceed?
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I agree, the single spot looks like physical damage. I’m not sure what the smaller spots are, they might not be serious.
What size tank is it in? I would expect two angels to fight in a smaller tank.
 
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Thank you for the replies
As of now the fish are in a 20 gallon quarentine.
In the first day there was some aggression between the two angels but the heraldi was 100% the agressor(is much bigger than the coral beauty, but since than i put a transparent acrylic sheet with holes for water flow between them.
 
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This is a puncture wound and can be from an urchin or other object. While it should heal on its own is red and may be infected and I recommend Minimum treatment in tank using Ruby rally pro which is reef safe or for better results, seachem Neoplex in a separate tank with added aeration via air stone
Im actually treating the quarentine for the past 8 days with formalin (0.94 ml per gallon of water),is that a problem or is it actually better than Ruby rally since it has a higher concentration of formalin ?
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Im actually treating the quarentine for the past 8 days with formalin (0.94 ml per gallon of water),is that a problem or is it actually better than Ruby rally since it has a higher concentration of formalin ?
Thank you

Are you SURE that is the amount of formalin you've been adding? 0.94 ml per gallon works out to be around 250 ppm. That is too high, even for a dip! The highest dose for a 24 hour static bath is 25 to 30 ppm. The dose you are adding would treat 10 gallons of water that way.
 
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Are you SURE that is the amount of formalin you've been adding? 0.94 ml per gallon works out to be around 250 ppm. That is too high, even for a dip! The highest dose for a 24 hour static bath is 25 to 30 ppm. The dose you are adding would treat 10 gallons of water that way.
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You are correct
I have been dosing 0.94ml per 10 gallon as per your instructions.
Is that better than using Ruby raly?
Can i use kanaplex instead of Neoplex since i already have it or it doesnt work for the same application?
 
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You are correct
I have been dosing 0.94ml per 10 gallon as per your instructions.
Is that better than using Ruby raly?
Can i use kanaplex instead of Neoplex since i already have it or it doesnt work for the same application?

For protozoan diseases like Brooklynella, I think formalin is a better choice. However, using formalin in a home has some risk in that it de-gases into the room and then people breath it. I would say the ruby reef is safer for people in that regard.
 
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