lionfish might be dying, PLEASE help!!

michaeltx

michaeltx

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I am also going to move this over to the disease and treatment there will be a redirect from here to you post aswell.
Mike
 
mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

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They said my salinity was a little high, but it wouldnt be enough to cause all this.. I added fresh RO water, so it should be perfect now.
 
mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

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I know, but I have no access to one right now. There were no traces of ammonia, nitrate, nitrite or anything. Not any. Salinity was a little high but I fixed that.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Do NOT dose the rest of the Furan into your display. Could you please post exact water specs for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, sg, and temp? Have you added anything new recently? If he has been fine and eating all along then it sounds like something is not right with the water. A better diet is needed, but that isn't the immediate concern.
 
mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

Member
I can probably try to buy a water test kit tomorrow. I can do temp and salinity- temp 79 degrees, salinity 1.022
The only new thing I have added was the medication. Yes, he has been eating fine and doing well all along except today, and for the past maybe week he has been acting a little weird.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Please buy a quality kit. My guess is that the water wasn't the best in the world to begin with, He finally started reacting. Meds were added to the display which made matters worse. We need to know the Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, and PH. It would be a good idea to mix up some extra water for a water change.
 
travelerjp98

travelerjp98

Active Member
hey matt.. hows the lion hanging in there?
I hope everything gets better...
test kit wise I recommend seachem.... easy to use....
 
beth

beth

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From reading through this it sounds and looks like he had a bacteria infection in the eyes. This frequently requires treatment with antibiotics which has to be done in a QT.
Sorry for the loss.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Oh snap! I was about to post what I would do. Nothing I would have suggested would have worked in time if I answered earlier. :-( Sorry.
 
sparty059

sparty059

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Just out of curiosity Beth -- Do you believe it was an infection based off of the fact that the fish was swimming with its head down? Or did that not alarm you? I ask this because my yellow tang died a while back and I still don't know why (although I believe it may be because of the stress of putting it in a hospital tank right from the moment I got it), but wanted to find out if it may have been a result of an infection as well.
 
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