nickyblase
Member
Before I start, let me mention that I am going away for the weekend and entrusting this to my husband to take care of, so I am needing to do what I can this afternoon before I leave for this poor guy (at least set up a regimen for my husband to follow). Please help!
I brought a spotted toby home a couple weeks ago, and from the get-go, he wasn't accmilating too well. The first day, my picasso trigger picked on him (not really attacking, just chasing him a lot & poking at him). That only lasted 1 day, but he still hid in the rocks a lot unless it was feeding time. Didn't act sick, just didn't seem too comfortable in his surroundings yet.
The last couple days, he has been laying around on the sand or on the LR, not looking well at all. I would be just about to put him into QT, when he would start swimming around again.
This morning he really started to look like he wasn't going to make it if he stayed in the main tank, so I put him into QT. Here's my tank info:
Salinity: 1.023
temp: 81
PH 8.3-8.4
Ammonia/Trite: 0
Nitrate: ranges between 10-20, generally closer to 20.
Inhabitants:
Picasso Trigger
Koran Angel
Green Chromis
2 black & white Damsels
Spotted Toby
There are no spots on his body, or anything that is overly obvious that's wrong with him. He did have a mild case of ich shortly after getting picked on by the trigger, but it only lasted 2 days or so. The temp has been getting up to 85 during the day the last couple days, so that could have something to do with it (the A/C guy is here right now installing the unit thank GOD!). That's still only a 4 degree differential
Anyway, what should I do for him? I hesitate to medicate him when I don't know what's wrong. He isn't eating. He was swimming around a little when I put him into QT, which I'm hoping is a good sign.
I brought a spotted toby home a couple weeks ago, and from the get-go, he wasn't accmilating too well. The first day, my picasso trigger picked on him (not really attacking, just chasing him a lot & poking at him). That only lasted 1 day, but he still hid in the rocks a lot unless it was feeding time. Didn't act sick, just didn't seem too comfortable in his surroundings yet.
The last couple days, he has been laying around on the sand or on the LR, not looking well at all. I would be just about to put him into QT, when he would start swimming around again.
This morning he really started to look like he wasn't going to make it if he stayed in the main tank, so I put him into QT. Here's my tank info:
Salinity: 1.023
temp: 81
PH 8.3-8.4
Ammonia/Trite: 0
Nitrate: ranges between 10-20, generally closer to 20.
Inhabitants:
Picasso Trigger
Koran Angel
Green Chromis
2 black & white Damsels
Spotted Toby
There are no spots on his body, or anything that is overly obvious that's wrong with him. He did have a mild case of ich shortly after getting picked on by the trigger, but it only lasted 2 days or so. The temp has been getting up to 85 during the day the last couple days, so that could have something to do with it (the A/C guy is here right now installing the unit thank GOD!). That's still only a 4 degree differential
Anyway, what should I do for him? I hesitate to medicate him when I don't know what's wrong. He isn't eating. He was swimming around a little when I put him into QT, which I'm hoping is a good sign.
