sick

i just got 2 new angel fish about 2 hours ago and i knoticed they gave me a sick one. do i go to the petstore while it is still alive n say somthin or wait till it dies :cry: i really like them and one is terraly sick :cry:

 

I would take him back right away. He might make your other fish sick too.

 

also its normal blackish brown colors are faiding

 

It could just be stressed because of it's new environment. I usually notice that the color on my new fish are often lighter when I bring them home.

 

but the one of the two has all its colors and seems to be VERY happy, and acting normal but the other one is faided and im worried about it

 

I would also worry about agression with your angels.

Here's a quote from t-Chelle about angels from another post

20 gallons for 1 angel, 30 gallons for 2 etc.
It could be getting picked on by the other one. The can get territorial if there's not enough space.

 

i dont understand that post

 

Read it again I added some more stuff to it

 

ooo so its best that they are allone? well one is just looming around and one is looking like it is dying

 

Not really "alone" They just need enough space to each have their own territory.

 

they have the starting of ick so i added the cure for it known as "quick cure" i have put it in the fishtank allong with freshwater salt. is there anything else i can do?? its colors are still faiding

 

thanks for that help but i still need more help

 

What are your readings for ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte?

If one was sick when you brought it home, I would just return it. Otherwise whatever is wrong with that one can be easily spread to the other fish in the tank.

-Chelle

 

sadly one of them is dying. i had to trasnfer it because of my bottom feeders. it has no controll over its body

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i took the one that was the sickest to the petshop and they let me traid for other fish of another angel fish and they were all acting te same so i got 2 mickey mouse platys

 

Sick Angel

I think it was a good idea to stick with the one angel. I bought two a while ago and the black male became very territorial! After a couple of weeks a brought him back to the store and kept the female marble angel. She started to perk up she was now the size of the larger angels for sale @ lfs. She looked lonely so I bought two teeny - tiny angels a gold dust and an albino (who by the way is gorgeous!) They quickly became larger than the original marble angel. There are three so that cuts down on the agressivness solely towards one fish but the marble one still gets picked on a little it often looses it's stripes when it is scared. I am too attatched to return any of them, but if they get much larger I will separate them.