Re: [GSAS-Member] Hole-in-the-Head Disease -- need advice

["A JACOBSON" <amjacobson52@msn.com>]

Oh yes, they want to breed, one pair actually spawned this last weekend, so I 
was already planning on moving them to the heavily planted 20 gallon tank this 
weekend, so they might have a chance of actually rearing young.  The only 
things happening in that tank are a few oto, 6 monk tetras, 1 reticulated Cory 
that hides all the time, and the single marbled, murderous angel.  It is a much 
calmer tank.

Anita
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  From: Susan Welenofsky<mailto:welenofsky@comcast.net> 
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  Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:23 PM
  Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Hole-in-the-Head Disease -- need advice


  Anita:

  I think your little blue rams want to breed. You might want to move them to
  a different tank. That would be cool if they did! Paul Wallace and Sandu
  Simion know how to spawn them. They could be stressing out your angels, too.

  I'm glad the orphan angelfish found a caring home and ate right away. I kept
  him at about 80 degrees also.

  Susan

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  [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of A JACOBSON
  Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:20 PM
  To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
  Subject: [GSAS-Member] Hole-in-the-Head Disease -- need advice

  A sharper-eyed aquarist than I am (Susan W., to give credit where credit is
  due) spotted what is probably Hole-in-the-Head disease in two of my
  adolescent angels (also maybe the 3rd, but she's not giving me her right
  profile at the moment).  They are in a 40 gallon tank, which is kept at 80
  degrees (just checked to make sure), VERY heavily planted and inhabited also
  by shrimp, along with a variety of other fish.

  I've tried to do 1/4 water changes once a week, but must admit that I've
  been hospitalized a couple of times in the last month, so even with a python
  it hasn't been as frequent as I would like.  Nevertheless, I feel really
  guilty right now, because Susan discovered this right after she had put a
  beautiful new angel in the tank (BTW, the angel came out as soon as the
  bloodworms arrived, and is now hanging with the other angels, and they are
  all moving as a group, so socially the adjustment looks good).  Since I
  raised my 3 angels from the size of a thumbnail (your basic $2.50 special),
  I am somewhat invested in having them both survive and thrive -- it was my
  love of angels that made me decide to buy an aquarium in the first place.

  The medicine I have at hand is Maracide.

  My instinct is to do a 1/3 water change tonight, and another one tomorrow,
  and also tomorrow pick up some sort of med specific to hex, take out the
  chem pure, and start dosing.  Alternatively, I could set up a 20 gal
  hospital tank and move all the angels into it (don't have any other large
  cichlids), and just have a filter in there during treatment.

  However, I'm open to suggestions.  Susan has particularly recommended Steev
  Ward's advice, but I am such a newbie at all of this, I'll listen to
  everyone.

  Please take pity on my poor angels, and give me some good advice.

  Anita

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