- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If yes, what is your ammonia?
- 0 ppm
- If yes, what is your nitrite?
- 0 ppm
- If yes, what is your nitrate?
- 5.0 ppm
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 41-50%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
I noticed a white scrape-like thing right above my angelfish mouth one day. It was small, so I thought maybe she scraped herself on something and didn't really think anything of it, but the next day it became this white mucus and became more extensive, and her eyes became cloudy. I also noticed my black angel breathing rapidly and constantly opening and closing her mouth as if gasping for air. So I imminently started testing the water, but all of my parameters were where they should be, so then I thought it must be an oxygen problem so I lowered the water level of the tank so the filter could provide more oxygen also putting in a portable air pump and left the tank like that all night. But when I came back the following day, the black angel was still breathing rapidly. The angel with the mucus looked the same, if not worse so I quickly put them both in a quarantine tank and dosed the water with Melafix thought two days later, she looked worse, and something had spread to her left fin clamping it shut while the right seems perfectly fine.
I thought maybe this was skin flukes, but I'm not sure. If someone knows what this is and if Melafix treats it, please tell me!
