My Flame angel has more problems

• Mar 13, 2011

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bhill27

Reefing newb

My flames left eye is foggy and swollen, does anyone n
know what it could be? but when i look closer he also has little marks under his eye, is it a parasite or an injury, will it go away?

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #2

OhNoNemo

i love triggers

possibly pop eye,angels are very susceptible to it...does it look like this

 

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• Mar 13, 2011

• #3

BL1

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+1 Matt, if the fish is eating well then it has a good chance of surviving it.

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #4

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bhill27

Reefing newb

thats what it looks like but not so bad, but yea he eats pretty good, but im gonna see about trading him back to my lfs cuz i dont want him to die and be a waste of 70 bucks

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #5

ErinCahir

Sausage Wrangler

You really should just give him a couple more days. He'll probably pull through just fine and moving him would just stress him out more.

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #6

OhNoNemo

i love triggers

Erin ,i agree....
The stress of trying to net him could be very bad for him...plus cause further injury to the eye...

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #7

AmberSunrise

Reef enthusiast

My fresh water angels have gotten pop eye before, we always treat for parasites and it goes away. I am not sure how you treat them on the saltwater side though.

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #8

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andersoned14

Reefing newb

Not to be the negative guy, but the first flame I was going to get, had a cloudy eye a week after I put it on hold at the LFS. When I went to the store a week later to see if it was better and to pick it up they were getting on the phone to call me and say it died. Not sure if it was the same thing but it did take long to kill the fish. Hope this turns out better.

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #9

mng777777

Shark Wrangler Wannabe

I agree with the others that moving it now would be a mistake. just keep it eating and make sure you are feeding it good food with vitamin C. Also... $70 seems a bit high for a Flame... Might consider a new LFS

 

• Mar 13, 2011

• #10

ErinCahir

Sausage Wrangler

+1 mng. I totally missed where he said he paid $70 for it. Sounds a bit high to me as well.

 

• Mar 14, 2011

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bhill27

Reefing newb

Yea the LFS in manhattan kansas suck, the only other place to get stuff is petco but theyre selection sucks