Emergency Help!

mccanei

mccanei

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A recent addition of fish to my 145 gallon FOWLR started a cycle. It has been 2 weeks and Ammonia and Nitrates are off the chart. I had turned off my protein skimmer because I was treating fish with melafix because of fin rot for about a week. I am hypoing at 1.009 for ick. I just turned protein skimmer back on and I can't get air to mix with water to filter out proteins. It more resembles freshwater, in so much as the air is not mixing with water, yet I can see white film on water. Don't want to loose my porcupine puffer and clown trigger... FYI I have been performing multiple water changes. to get levels back to normal. I ahve also treated with ammonia detoxifers to save fish. Right now my entire tank is white water. I am stumped, should I bring it out of Hyposalinity? Will this help with skimming the protein? PLEASE HELP!
 
granny

granny

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This is NOT a good situation. I hate to state the obvious, but WHY did you add fish to a tank that is being treated??? that is a huge no no,neve do it, no no.
Your skimmer will not work withe the salinity so low-yes, you need to bring the SG levels up, but you cant do it too fast. Pray, change your water in increments, making each change a little saltier. Do you have a quarantine tank to move these fish to?
 
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