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Spot on Marine Angel fish… owee from decompression procedure?

April 26, 2017Angel Decompression fish Marine procedure spot

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Spot on Marine Angel fish… owee from decompression procedure?

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Hello crew, I’ve been researching on your website, but can’t seem find an exact match for a possible issue with my marine angel. I purchased a Swallowtail angel two week ago. She is isolated in my QT. I did not freshwater dip her prior to putting her in the QT. A few days after bringing her home, I noticed a small white bump on her side. It’s about the size of a scale. I thought that perhaps it might be a single parasite, so at that time I did capture her for a buffered (baking soda to ~8.2 pH) freshwater dip (with methylene blue). However, I removed her after only 1 minute, as she started to thrash, which scared me. Now, after about 10 days, it has turned a yellow-brown. No other spots are on her. I have decided to leave her in the QT until that spot is gone, but feel that I should know what it is, so that I can further treat her properly, if needed. I tried to get a picture, but she freaks o