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       Help identifying an illness
       By: aotp Date: April 10, 2015, 8:51 pm
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       Hi,
       I am having trouble identifying an illness that is slowing
       killing my fish one by one. I have a 65 gallon tank with 4
       Discus (2 died in the last 2 weeks so down to only 2), 1 angel,
       2 Gold Rams, 12 Green Fire Tetras, 6 X-Ray tetras, 6 Threadfin
       Rainbows, 4 golden wonder killis, 3 Chinese Algae eaters and 4
       angelicus loaches. The discus and angel fish have always
       developed a white spot on their head roughly the size of a
       sesame seed but it will always go away a few hours after I
       noticed it. However, in the last two weeks the spots have
       started to show up and will not disappear. One fish will develop
       3 or 4 large white spots starting by their eye and going up
       their head. Shortly after that the spots with grow together into
       one big sore and that is when the fish takes a turn for the
       worst. This illness only effects the discus and angelfish, the
       rest of the fish in the tank have never showed any sign of it. I
       talked to the owner of my local fish store and he told me the
       exact same thing happened to him in one of his angel tanks and
       it killed almost all of his fish one by one. He tried every
       bacteria, parasite, and fungus treatment he had at his store on
       the tank and not a single thing touched it. He eventually just
       emptied the tank completely, cleaned it, and set it up again. I
       am wondering if anyone else had an experience with this illness.
       Also this illness is not ich, it is localized to the head of the
       fish and the white spots are far to big.
       Water Conditions:
       Temp: 84F
       pH: 6.8-7.0
       Ammonia: 0.0
       Nitrite: 0.0
       Nitrate: 0.0
       Medications I have tried:
       Prazipro
       Metro+
       General Cure
       Antibiotic Flakes
       Melafix
       Pimafix
       Aquarium Salt (just regular dosing no salt baths)
       Picture of Angelfish currently suffering:
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       Update 4/11:
       I decided to try something I have never tried before and gave
       the angel a salt bath. I used 2 gallons of tank water, from a
       tank I have never added salt to, and added 4 teaspoons per
       gallon. I put the angel in the salt bath for 30 minutes and
       after putting him back into the tank I noticed all the white
       spots have come off. There are small open wounds now on his head
       but I am hoping those will heal with time.
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