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Discussion in 'Fish and Aquarium - all types' started by OneWolvesDream, May 9, 2004.

  1. OneWolvesDream

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    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:
     
  2. Aqueous

    Aqueous New Member

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

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    also its normal blackish brown colors are faiding
     
  4. Aqueous

    Aqueous New Member

    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.
     
  5. OneWolvesDream

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    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
     
  6. Aqueous

    Aqueous New Member

    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.
     
  7. OneWolvesDream

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    i dont understand that post
     
  8. Aqueous

    Aqueous New Member

    Read it again I added some more stuff to it
     
  9. OneWolvesDream

    OneWolvesDream New Member

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

    Aqueous New Member

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

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    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
     
  12. OneWolvesDream

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    thanks for that help but i still need more help
     
  13. t_chelle16

    t_chelle16 New Member

    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
     
  14. OneWolvesDream

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    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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  15. OneWolvesDream

    OneWolvesDream New Member

    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
     
  16. ceveretts

    ceveretts New Member

    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.

    :)
     

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