Multi Barred Angels

[gregzz4]

I don't know much about these fishies, but I'll agree that separation is in order
Plus, get away from the bloodworms - not really a good diet for SW fish
Try some chopped up plankton/krill instead

[straightrazorguy]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Plus, get away from the bloodworms - not really a good diet for SW fish
Try some chopped up plankton/krill instead

I know bloodworms are not good, but I was throwing at them what I had on hand. Where can I get some plankton/krill? What do you recommend?

[Ron99]

There's nothing wrong with bloodworms as part of a diet but I wouldn't do them as the only food source. Personally I don't do anything as a single main food source. I change it up with a mix of different frozen foods and different pellets. A real variety of things so the fish have different meals on different days.

[gregzz4]

J&L has frozen plankton, and TimT has pacifica plankton. I believe Tim's is a bit smaller but it's been awhile since I bought it from Jeff

[straightrazorguy]

Thanks Greg, I will get them some plankton.

Update: The three fish are doing well. Twoonie eats frozen like a pig, including some flake. Loonie and Quarter peck at things, but I haven't seen them eat heartily. However, all 3 fish look well and they seem to have grown a bit. The chasing has abated somewhat, as they seem to have their own "territories" now.

I haven't medicated them at all, as I was trying to get them eating. Tonight I noticed Loonie has white stringy poop trailing behind him. I know this is symptomatic of intestinal parasites. What kind of medication do you guys recommend?

[albert_dao]

Metro for bacterial, prazi for flukes. Its hard to tell which they have without an examination of the feces with a microscope, but I'd recommend starting with prazi and seeing how they look after four days. If the poop doesn'tnormalize, switch to metronidazol.

[straightrazorguy]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Metro for bacterial, prazi for flukes. Its hard to tell which they have without an examination of the feces with a microscope, but I'd recommend starting with prazi and seeing how they look after four days. If the poop doesn'tnormalize, switch to metronidazol.

Thanks Albert.

Update: I started Prazipro a week ago, It took me two days to bring the dosage up to the recommended level. Quarter didn't make it, though; he never ate and yesterday he went to Angel heaven, where there is no shortage of live food and sponges...

Twoonie has grown quite a bit, and Loonie look OK, although he hasn't grown as much. Yesterday I noticed him scratching on the PVC pipes. Today he is also shaking in short spurts. He clearly has something that is bugging him. I thought Prazipro would take care of flukes, so it must be smething else. I can't see anything visible, but he keeps scratching the same side.

Any ideas? I don't wnat to lose these two...