Losing angels

[kamikaziie]

Ive had the tank set up for 4 months now and ive had three angels in the tank for a good 3 months with no problem

i lost one angel about 3 weeks ago for no apparent reason.. and only 4 days ago i lost another angel becuase it seemed constipated, i tried feeding it green's and cut back on meaty products... and now a third angel has been refusing to eat ever since i lost my last angel, it would suck it into its motuh but then spit it right out, id would hate to lose this last angel, any ideas would be greatlyu appreciated

hmmm abit about my tank, 80l, nitrate 0, amonia 0 and ph of 7.2 i had an outbraek of white spot about a month ago which seems to be under control after using malachite green and a stress coat product along with siphoning of the gravel, i lost a drawf gourami 2 month ago after trying to treat him for a body ulcer... ago recently lost a black ghost knife which seemed to be under stress (it didnt hide in the tude i provided for him) but toher than that my 6 tiger barbs, 2 clown loaches, 2 lemon tetras, one bristlenose catfish, 1 gourami and two silver sharks... i am thinking my tank is abit over stocked but i am not too sure becuase i was told by the lfs, it can house about 18 fish (correct me if i am wrong)

Andrew

[Lady Hobbs]

Nearly all problems with disease and fungal infections can be eliminated by simply doing weekly maintenance on your tank. Gravel vac's and water changes are necessary for fish to survive. You can have perfect test results but if your fish are swimming in water than has been depleted of the oxygen they will die. (Fish pee in this water 24/7). Large water changes also eradicates their water of ICK and other parasites that may be too small to see.

Angels require very clean water. My tanks are cleaned weekly, gravel is vacuumed and water changes are 50% at least. And 80 degrees.

Do not overfeed them meat products. My angels get flake food and spirulina flakes. (I'm trying to get them to eat floating cichlid food with no success.)

Blood worms are not a food but are given as a treat after their regular feeding a couple times a week. Too much meat causes constipation and internal worms.

[bwssr]

About 10 years ago I was raising angels by the thousands. I was able to get a good price for them and had no problems selling them to local pet shops. The reason was because of a virus that came from taiwan. It was wreaking havoc in the angelfish industry. You check with otherbuyers and/or go back to shop where you bought them to see if the other angels still are healthy.