bewaretheblond
New Member
hi, i have been reading these boards for a few months now and they have helped me a lot. i lost all my first fish to ich (i didn't quarantine before). so now i've started over, i decided to quarantine and hypo all new fish. i did 2 clowns and they are fine and in the main tank. then i got a scopas tang and he was fine till about 2 1/2 weeks into the hypo and suddenly he just started floating around, breathing hard, and laying on his side. i tested the water and the qt must have had a spike cause the nitrites were .5 so i did water changes but i lost him anyways.
so now i have another scopas tang and he is just past 2 weeks in hypo and now he is floating around too, like he can't control his swimming, and also breathing hard. but there is no spike this time the ammonia is 0 nitrites 0 nitrates between 10-20 temp 80 ph 8.0 (i have to keep buffering it). the salinity has been 1.008 to 1.009 for 2 weeks and 2 days after lowering it in 48 hrs like the instructions on here. the quarantine is an 18 gal rubbermaid bucket with a hob filter rated for a 40 gal tank, also it has a heater and 1 sm ph (160 gph). he eats a few pellets everyday and a piece of nori sheet every other day, cept now he is not eating but his stomach is not pinched.
should i forget the hypo and bring the salinity back up?
so now i have another scopas tang and he is just past 2 weeks in hypo and now he is floating around too, like he can't control his swimming, and also breathing hard. but there is no spike this time the ammonia is 0 nitrites 0 nitrates between 10-20 temp 80 ph 8.0 (i have to keep buffering it). the salinity has been 1.008 to 1.009 for 2 weeks and 2 days after lowering it in 48 hrs like the instructions on here. the quarantine is an 18 gal rubbermaid bucket with a hob filter rated for a 40 gal tank, also it has a heater and 1 sm ph (160 gph). he eats a few pellets everyday and a piece of nori sheet every other day, cept now he is not eating but his stomach is not pinched.
should i forget the hypo and bring the salinity back up?