Bi-Color Angel Help

[BWN7]

I know they're difficult, and I've had this one about 8 weeks now. It's never really eaten any of the food I've put in the tank, just constantly picks at the sand/coral/LiveRock. Today I noticed some dis-coloration on one side of it's head. Could this be HITH? I know it can be caused by water conditions and/or diet...... I do a 20 gal change weekly, my current conditions are: 8.1 Ph, 0 Nitrites, 10 ppm Nitrates, Salinity 29, 0 Ammonia, 77 degrees F.

Thoughts?

 

[yote]

Kinda hard to tell from the pics.
If your salinity 1.029,then it needs to come down.It needs to be between 1.024 and 1.026.

 

[JAG107]

Yeah bring that salinity down. I beat the hell outta mine and I've had it a year now. Hardy for me, anyway. I started it in a 55g with 80+ppm nitrates housed with a clown trigger, then moved it to the 110g where it nips all my SPS. Hope your luck with this fish is as good as mine! I have no idea about if it has HITH or not. Is your salinity 29ppt perhaps? If so, that's sorta low. Sea water is 34 or 35ppt I think. Cheers~

 

[BWN7]

Kinda hard to tell from the pics.
If your salinity 1.029,then it needs to come down.It needs to be between 1.024 and 1.026.

Sorry, Salinity of 29ppt, SG of between 1.021 and 1.022.

 

[BWN7]

Yeah bring that salinity down. I beat the hell outta mine and I've had it a year now. Hardy for me, anyway. I started it in a 55g with 80+ppm nitrates housed with a clown trigger, then moved it to the 110g where it nips all my SPS. Hope your luck with this fish is as good as mine! I have no idea about if it has HITH or not. Is your salinity 29ppt perhaps? If so, that's sorta low. Sea water is 34 or 35ppt I think. Cheers~

So what do you feed it, or does it just pick constantly? Mine won't pay any attention to anything floating nearby, not the pellets or brine shrimp or the algae for the Tang.

 

[dustin_P74]

feed it a mix of foods made for angels

 

[JAG107]

it should be eating all of that. Mine eats pellets and anything that floats by.

 

[Bifferwine]

Have you tried the frozen angel food cubes? It's a mix specifically tailored to angels' tastes and needs.

 

[BWN7]

Have you tried the frozen angel food cubes? It's a mix specifically tailored to angels' tastes and needs.

No, I haven't - is that something that my LFS should have? Product name?

 

[JAG107]

Marine Cuisine? Its a purple package. I use it, good stuff, the fish love it.

 

[dustin_P74]

any of these will be good

ocean nutrition angel food
marine cusine
angel food

 

[Bifferwine]

The first one was the one I was thinking of.

 

[reefplayground]

San Fransisco Bay also makes a Angel / Butterfly formula. pretty good stuff.