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bakers_dozen
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Ok so as some of you may remember I picked up a "rescue fish" from ***** a couple months ago. He was starving with every rib showing and had slight signs of hille. The first night he was so weak he got stuck to my powerhead and I had to turn it off for a couple days.
Anyways He has put some meat on his bones and eats well. I feed him one times a day with pellets and one time a day with algae. I throw mysis in there once a day as well but dilemma number one they rarely get it because it floats and they stay towards the bottom. So i bought some frozen stuff and am going to try that. I soak all of the food in zoe mixed with zoecon. Paremeters stay at zero constantly and i check them often. It is a 29 gallon tank.
Now please do not flame me. I am well aware that it is too small of a tank for a tang. However, i was doing what I thought was best, the poor thing was an inch from death and most people wouldn't waste their money.
Anyways the hille has not increased dramatically but i think it has matured a bit. My questions are does hille damage ever heal, or completely stop? What should i do to improve? move feedings up more?
Additionally I am thinking that if it doesn't help after i try a few more things I may offer him for free along with the zoe and zoecon to someone with a bigger tank in this site who lives in my area. I think that if everything else fails the stress of the tank size may be what is doing it. And i didn't save him to kill him. He is not a large fish yet. I would say still under the small category. But i don't want to take my or his chances.
What do you guys think.
Anyways He has put some meat on his bones and eats well. I feed him one times a day with pellets and one time a day with algae. I throw mysis in there once a day as well but dilemma number one they rarely get it because it floats and they stay towards the bottom. So i bought some frozen stuff and am going to try that. I soak all of the food in zoe mixed with zoecon. Paremeters stay at zero constantly and i check them often. It is a 29 gallon tank.
Now please do not flame me. I am well aware that it is too small of a tank for a tang. However, i was doing what I thought was best, the poor thing was an inch from death and most people wouldn't waste their money.
Anyways the hille has not increased dramatically but i think it has matured a bit. My questions are does hille damage ever heal, or completely stop? What should i do to improve? move feedings up more?
Additionally I am thinking that if it doesn't help after i try a few more things I may offer him for free along with the zoe and zoecon to someone with a bigger tank in this site who lives in my area. I think that if everything else fails the stress of the tank size may be what is doing it. And i didn't save him to kill him. He is not a large fish yet. I would say still under the small category. But i don't want to take my or his chances.
What do you guys think.
