Angel fish with a bite mark or white spot?
Glad to see you’ve added a nightlight, and just like a tank cover you may not need it 364 days out of the year — but it only takes that one day that a fish may decide to jump or may get startled by something (another fish?) that may have bumped into it during the middle of the night, that it becomes well worth the investment to have. BTW, I trust you have a full hood (?). If so, and I wouldn’t know what kind you have, this type of wound almost looks like it may have been received in the course of the fish jumping clear of the water and hitting something above the water line. Is there anything in this structure of your reflector which could have caused this? Are you positive your mini Silver Dollar is not a Piranha (the wound is large enough for this possibility)?
Keep an eye on that wound and report to us anything that may look worse to you at any time. From what you’re saying, it does seem as though its on the mend, even if it might take a week or more to heal.
Getting back to the Ich, again I would like to know if there was much difference between the two tanks’ temperatures, and just what those temperatures were. I do notice you’ve added one Tank Buddy for Ich, but unless one knows that these Tank Buddy’s are specifically for the use of Ich and not just that you’ve used a Tank Buddy for Ich, there is no way for any of us trying to offer you advice unless you specify exactly which Tank Buddy’s you’ve used. Many of us may not be aware that Jungle Labs offers Fungus Clear Tank Buddy, Parasite Clear Tank Buddy Ich Clear Tank Buddy and even a non-medication Ammonia Clear Tank Buddy tablet (maybe others, too?). I would assume, or at least hope you used Ich Clear Tank Buddy’s (Victoria Green and Acriflavin), but I do not know this for sure. If you used Parasite Clear Tank Buddy, you should know that even though Ich is a parasite, this medication is not effective against Ich.
Too, Ich Clear Tank Buddy (Victoria Green & Acriflavin) would not be my choice for medication against Ich, but I do hope you have success with it (again — keep us posted on this). Actually, my choice as treatment against Ich is the tried and true, extremely successful and safe heat and salt treatment which I’ve never heard reported as failing. We here will be more than willing to offer you any advice needed as your requirements for any come up, and could have advised you of this method had you mentioned your fish’s plight. Even the best of LFS (local fish stores) will offer you some kind of medication, as a sale as part of what they’re in business for, as to not sell you something (even though it may help) would be going against what they’re primary reason for existing is — to make money. It would not be in their best interest to advise hobbyists of ways to deal with their fish if it entailed not buying something for the purpose.
As stated, hopefully this Victoria Green will help in eliminating the Ich, if this is what you used. If/when you decide on going just with salt, after removing the medication (via PWC’s and carbon in the filter), if this treatment is not successful, raise the temperature up to at least 86 o F (preferably with increased aeration, if possible) and keep it there until 3 days after you see no more signs of Ich. This could take on the average of up to about 10 days, sometimes sooner. Ray
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