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Is my Albino Angelfish injured

How are they acting?

Now, I would say that albinos don't have a lot of pigmentation around the gill so they do tend to show redder. But one of them looks really red, so let see what someone else says with some more albino experience.
 
they are behaving normal, exploring the tank, the landscapes. I was looking for red cap angelfishes that you see in this sample picture. The ones I bought don't have that red color firm. I hope I wasn't mislead

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Hi all,
maverick786us said:
Is it common for angelfishes or do I need to worry?
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You definitely need to worry and do something NOW, if its not already too late? If it is a O2 / CO2 effect the gills / fish will recover fairly quickly once CO2 levels are lowered.
maverick786us said:
I discovered that one of those angelfishes has lot of blood on its gills
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The blood is going to show more through the operculum in albino fish, but they shouldn't look like that. Try <"turning the CO2 down">,add an air stone (or raise your lily pipe etc) and see what happens. I'd also change some water. Haemoglobin in the blood transports both CO2 and oxygen, if the CO2 doesn't out-gas at <"the gill"> you often see this,

If it isn't CO2 it could be <"high ammonia (NH3) levels">, which is more of an issue in the longer term, but also needs rectifying as soon as possible.

cheers Darrel
 
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They just came in less than an hour before my original post. So that coloration was already there, it's just that I noticed it in my tank. They don't look stressed, they are exploring their new home, eating, looking at the landscape even before I changed the water, and raised the lily pipes.
 
Hi all,
maverick786us said:
They just came in less than an hour before my original post. So that coloration was already there, it's just that I noticed it in my tank.
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OK that makes perfect sense and it will be because of high CO2 and / or ammonia poisoning in transit.
maverick786us said:
They don't look stressed, they are exploring their new home, eating, looking at the landscape even before I changed the water, and raised the lily pipes.
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That sounds much more promising, see how they look later.

cheers Darrel
 
dw1305 said:
Hi all,

OK that makes perfect sense and it will be because of high CO2 and / or ammonia poisoning in transit.

That sounds much more promising, see how they look later.

cheers Darrel
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CO2 in drop checker is still Dark Green (not even closer to yellow) so I am not sure if it's high. But I did reduced CO2 to mere 1 bubble in 3 seconds. Besides angels I also have a pair of Siamese algae eaters and 2 Bristolnose Placos. These fishes immediately started doing their work after entering my tank. Though I am bit worried about my second Bristlenose Placo, I haven't seen him ever since it went into my tank.
 
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