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Identify Spot on Swallowtail Angel...

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I also posted this on my Tank Thread...

After coming home from work today I fed my 120g DT and noticed an odd mark on the top ridge of my Swallowtail Angel while she was feeding. She is acting normal, eating very well etc. It's kind of hard to see but these were the best two pics I could get. Any ideas on what it is?

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Any thoughts??? It mostly looks like a small injury to me. It's the tan fleshy spot at the top ridge where it is all yellow. It looks like it has swollen a little. No white or black spots in it, on it, or anywhere else on the fish.
 
I think your fish is fine... My fish is not though.. Not sure what cut him.. must be a sharp rock or something... He is still very active and eats well. Hopefully the injury heal soon...
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those fish are fine.. quit stressing! I've seen had alot worse. I've had to issolate large fish that were being aggressive and tearing fins to shreads. Those are all most not even minor scraps. Those guys will heal in a good tank is prolly like 3 days.

If they look like they are getting infected isolate them and treat with antibiodics with slightly lower temps. The higher the temp tha faster the bacteria reproduces. Hence if you slow the cycle down the meds can work slightly better.

Awesome looking fish though.
 
She is doing fine... It's been 3-4 days now and she is as playful and hungry as ever. Via auto-top off and chiller I'm keeping the salinity dead on and the temp at a steady 77. I'm feeding cyclopees every morning, mysis soaked in "Garlic Xtreme and a Vitamin, Mineral and Amino Acid Supplement called Zoe every Afternoon and Arcti-pods each evening along with grape calerpa for them to munch on through the day. The good diet and steady perameters are helping her pull through just fine I think. There has not been much change at all on the wound for better or worse. It looks like the swelling that was occuring came down but the flesh colored wound is still very noticable in the middle of that bright yellow. I noticed her several times today going over to the Cleaner Shrimps station to get cleaned. So... I'll just continue to keep a close eye out for her. Thanks for the check-up! :)
 
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those fish are fine.. quit stressing! I've seen had alot worse. I've had to issolate large fish that were being aggressive and tearing fins to shreads. Those are all most not even minor scraps. Those guys will heal in a good tank is prolly like 3 days.

If they look like they are getting infected isolate them and treat with antibiodics with slightly lower temps. The higher the temp tha faster the bacteria reproduces. Hence if you slow the cycle down the meds can work slightly better.

Awesome looking fish though.
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Genicanthus are generally prone to secondary infections and don't seem to have a super great recovery record to boot. I've seen spots like that last for months in really clean water and other times I've seen them die from such things.
 
Feed it well and don't scare it...btw that is most likely what happen to Phong's anthias since it's in such a small tank. Their typical "dart from danger" is like 2-3x the length of his tank :)
 
Yep... I'm being very catious of that right now. I'm thinking it got its injury by darting into the rock from being startled. The tank is not in a direct heavy traffic flow of our house but I'm betting one of my kids went running by the tank and startled it.
 
Skittish little fish. I've seen anthias have what I can only describe as heart attacks from people scaring them.
 
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Feed it well and don't scare it...btw that is most likely what happen to Phong's anthias since it's in such a small tank. Their typical "dart from danger" is like 2-3x the length of his tank :)
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Let me ask my wife to see if I can get a 72" long tank :D .. It looks better today.. still see the cut but better..
 
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[quote author=GreshamH link=topic=6020.msg76784#msg76784 date=1232930612]
Feed it well and don't scare it...btw that is most likely what happen to Phong's anthias since it's in such a small tank. Their typical "dart from danger" is like 2-3x the length of his tank :)
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Let me ask my wife to see if I can get a 72" long tank :D .. It looks better today.. still see the cut but better..
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Point being almost all anthias are not suitable for a 40g tank. Only one is suitable IMO and that is the fathead ;)
 
Yeah.. I will sell it in a year or less.. It's still pretty small now.. Having small tank suck.. Can't keep any fish that I like >:( ..
 
That's a big anthias.... I like the Bartletts, Caryberryi and ignitus that usually do not get bigger than about 3". The Red Striped is a big one at 7" or so capable growth size.
 
Try a Fathead anthias...I kept one for many years in my 30g. They aren't known for jumping or being as scared as most anthias.

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