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I believe i raised the salinity too quickly from 1.009-1.011-12 in one day. The wrasse is eatting and swimming okay but under the lights i noticed the inside of the fish is red and the area that is red is a little swollen. Could this be the swim bladder? Thanks for your help.

Sorry, here are the pics.

Originally Posted by sepulatian It does look like a mouth infection to me. You can treat him with Maracyn 2 for SW fish. Be sure to have plenty of flow in the QT. Here's an update, i did a big water change. Next day the wrasses mouth looks better. But it looks like something is eating away...

My qt is actually my 16 gallon bowfront that has been set up for a year now. Have the fish for about a month and just noticed this recently. Only thing i've done is treat with prazipro for flukes. Wondering if this is some type of parasite? Or maybe bacterial infection? Only other tank mate...

What should i use to treat, its in a 15 gallon qt tank right now eatting well.

Thanks Sep, this is what i get for not listening..... :) Here is whats left in the tank: 5" emperor angel 4" regal angel 5" lineatus fairy wrasse 2" fire fish x3 2" bicolor blenny and believe it or not two dwarf zebra hermit crabs. I ran out of test kits and had to order some, took 4 days to get...

Still having ammonia problems, guess the only thing i can do is water changes and keep dosing amquel :(

Things are better today, ammonia is at zero and this is before the 25% water change i just did. Thanks for the info Sep, thats what i thought about the wrasses and other fish. Wish i could set up rubbermaid tubs, would have done that to start if i could. Going to ride this out and keep up with...

Originally Posted by sepulatian I am so sorry mk4fan. How far into it are you now? Are you still getting ammonia readings? Thanks Sep, only first week of hypo :( Some of the fish got worst after 3rd day and eventually perished. I am showing 0.2 ammonia using the instant ocean test right now...

I knew this was not a good idea but was my only option. I knew i would not be able to set up a qt large enough and also have it cycled and ready to handle the bioload. My first week of hypo, lost 3 fish, battling ammonia problems and my rock looks very bad, no more coraline, some type of algae...

Originally Posted by Beth If you don't want to listen to good advise, or suggestions, then hobby forums are not the best place for you. In any case, rudeness is uncalled for. Rude are you kidding me, did i not thank him for his advice? This is what he said to me "Why would you want to make...

Originally Posted by earlybird Okay well sticking to the topic. Good luck. You're going to need to have rubbermaid bins around filled with mixing salt water. The amount of dieoff on your rocks will be huge as you lower the salinity. You'll need to make sure that ammonia dosen't go above 0.5...

Originally Posted by sepulatian Go to the store and get a couple of rubbermaid tubs. Pull that rock out of there. Why would you want to make 200lbs of base rock? Get that rock out of there. Add it to the tubs with a small powerhead and heater. Slowly bring the SG back up on the rock once it is...

Took out corals and most of inverts i could catch, snails, hermits. Tank is 125 gallon with about 200 lbs. of live rock. Currently tank is at 1.016, fish seem more active now. I know once i hit 1.009 i'm going to get die off. Should i dose amquel before or after 1.009. Or once i hit 1.009 do...

This asfur had ich spots for about 2 weeks and eventually the spots went away. Now i notice this redish area is a bit swollen, the scales are slightly raised. I'm assuming this is a bacterial infection. I caught the fish and would like to treat. What is the best medicine to use? Thanks for...

after doing some research i figured it out to be flukes :(

Fresh water bath one of my tangs and found tons of white flatworm looking creatures fall off. Anyone know what these are? thanks!

I have a 125 gallon fowlr that i would like to do hypo on. I plan on taking half the rocks out and leaving the rest behind for bio filtration. BUT, i've read that doing hypo on live rock is a big no no. This will kill all life and cause a huge ammonia spike. I also have a shallow sand bed...