No change in the behavior of the flame angel onr in its appearance.

Dose will be increased on day six

Treatment Update:

No significant difference from day three. Althought he flame angel has stop swimming in circles as aggresivly as it was at the begining of treatment

Aquarium Maintenance Tip:

To make mixing new water less “painful”. Invest in an extra powerhead/recirculating pump and a separate container to mix your saltwater in, such as a 55g barrel. Over the years, it’ll save you an enourmouse amount of time and energy than having to mix everything ni small containers.

Third Day treatment update:

Behavior staying the same.

White blotches almost completely gone from the gill area.

Update on hydrogen peroxide treatment for myxosporidians on a Flame Angel;

Day two update. Behavior remains the same,  circular swimming.

White growth around gill remain the same size, and have stopped increasing in sie and in number.

Infected flame angel still not eating.

Reddish wounds, secondary infections, have receaded

A Quick Tip on acclimating new fish arrivals (not inverts and corals). If you have just purchased a fish from your LFS, there is a better chance it will adapt well to your system if you take the following acclimation actions.

1) use a 5g bucket, and release the fish with its water into that bucket.

2) Get a regular airline and create a syphon from your aquarium to the holding bucket.

3) Creae a small kink in the tubing to allow for a slow drip.

This method will take about an hour or so to acclimate your new aquasition to your systems water. The reason for this method is that temperature is not the only difference between your aquarium and your LFS system water. Things like Salinity, pH, dKH, waste levels, medication residues (ie copper), and your general chemestry all play an important role in how well your fish acclimates to your aquarium. And by bringing these levels as close as possible to each other during the acclimation process is key, especially if you are introducing very sensitive species to your aquarium.

If you have any aquarium maintenance questions you need answered, let us know, and we can feature your Q&A in one of our blogs.

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As there are no known cures for this infectiouse parasite, we are starting a treatment regiment that has been floated around the net to document how it works, if it does at all.

Infected Specimen: Flame Angel (Centropyge loriculus)

Holding System: 20 gallon system

Treatment of Choice:  3% Hydrogen Peroxide - 10ml/10g, one dose per day, 5 days straight.

As hydrogen peroxide is not well taken by angels and butterfly’s, the dosing may be lowered to accommodate the fish’s stress levels

Unless you are prepaired to build a proper aquarium for the shark you are looking to keep at its full grown size. Please do not attempt to keep sharks. There are simply too many people who buy baby sharks without the research and proper aquarium sizes that can no longer house their pets and simply throw them away, kill them, or release them into local waters thinking they will survive.