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ufgradufish  Enthusiast Posts: 234 Kudos: 27 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Jun-2002   | My angel fish appear to have drab appearring skin. Its very dull opposed to how it usually glissens. Also, where their fins meet there sides it looks bloody and red. Kinda like when you look inside a big fishes gills. It may have always been that way, I am not sure If I am just now noticing it or not. Anyone know if this is normal? 3 angesl, 20g established tank, fish are not new to the tank. any feed back would be appreciated =) thank! tami  |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36 |     |
garyroland   ---Prime Fish--- Posts: 7878 Kudos: 4010 Votes: 103 Registered: 31-Dec-2001  | Test the water for ammonia, nitrites and pH and post back... I suspect the water quality is not what it should be. --garyroland. |
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victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004 | do you dose the tank with a chlorine remover? If you dont, do you let the water sit for 24 hours to remove the chlorine from it? |
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Natalie     Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003  | The discoloration and the red at the ba Has the skin between the fin rays been deteriorating? If it can be confirmed that it is a bacterial infection, you will want to treat with a good antibiotic like Maracyn Plus.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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| mike77ca Hobbyist Posts: 89 Kudos: 89 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Jun-2004  | I've read in a number of sources that tetracyline(marycin plus)can be very effective against bacterial infections, but something like 60-90% of fish (or more specificly the bacterias that affect them) are resistant to tetracycline. Would triple sulfa maybe be a better choice?? |
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| ufgradufish Enthusiast Posts: 234 Kudos: 27 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Jun-2002 | Nitrites read zero, PH readsa bout 7.3, hard water and moderate alkilinity.TEmp is 78* I think the fins may be starting to deteriorate, i have purchased maracyn and am gonna give that a whirl. I dont know. Seems strange really, I havent been doing anything differently |
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| ufgradufish Enthusiast Posts: 234 Kudos: 27 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Jun-2002 | Angel fish are supposed to be for beginners, What up with that??!!?!?! :%) |
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