Bought a Adult Emperor Angelfish 4 days ago

[yourdi3]

Dear Reefers, need help once again form fellow reefers. Just bought an Adult Emperor angelfish about4-5 days ago, bought Hikari brand pellets specifically to feed him but up to now he isnt attempting to eat at all, tried brine shrimp, red bamboo algae, mysis shrimp, nothing seems to make him wanna eat. And last evening saw a few white spots on his body. Any advice from fellow reefers would be gladly appreciated to help save this majestic fish. Thanks.

[Harlequinmania]

Are you keeping the fish in a QT tank ? Most likely it is infected with ich which is common among new fish especially angel and butterfly .

If you are keeping in a separate QT tank, you can treat it with copper or other medicence

[yourdi3]

Sorry bro don't have a QT tank due to space constraint.would there be any other solutions or alternatives ? Thanks

[Kakani]

QT a fish use toyoto box can lei with air pump. Just change 10% water daily. And dose copper. Copper so far is the best for ich. Dose very less amount first let the fish get use to it.

[Cherlolo]

Emperor Angels have known to be picky eaters. Mine only eat pellets and nothing else. It made it very difficult to treat it when its sick. I can't catch it either. Many will advise you to QT it. But we all know its easier to say than done. Literally impossible to catch in a tank with many hiding places which is the recommended setup for angelfishes.

Till now, my emperor has quite a resistant to ich, will get it once in a while but, recovers quickly. The problem I have now is one gill breathing. Still donno how to treat it yet.

Anyway, for ich I have success using Octozin. My soft corals and LPS, anemones, snails, sand stars and fishes are all well, zero deaths. I dose directly into the display tank, treatment for 3 days, let it run for 3 weeks. The only thing I didn't do it the salinity requirements of the treatment which is almost a Hypo. 1.017.

For feeding, you might want to try garlic or entice from seachem. Soak your pellets or food and feed a bit to see if it eats. Gotta be patient with it, but be prepared for the worst thou. I have friend's emperor angel starved itself to death, just refuse to eat.

[Cherlolo]

O ya, make sure your water parameters are stable. Your fish might be stress thus getting ich and refusing to eat.