time to kick the ick...
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hana
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well i did it, hes still alive, but still on the bottom of the tank laying sideways. i picked him up and put him up right side up so he can rest on the side of the glass. he didnt like the fresh water, started to jump all over. i only did it for 1 min. because he stopped moving. so i will see if he makes it tonight. Thank you for your help. and no worries i wouldnt blame you if he doesnt make it. thanks.
mavgi
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Originally Posted by hana
well i did it, hes still alive, but still on the bottom of the tank laying sideways. i picked him up and put him up right side up so he can rest on the side of the glass. he didnt like the fresh water, started to jump all over. i only did it for 1 min. because he stopped moving. so i will see if he makes it tonight. Thank you for your help. and no worries i wouldnt blame you if he doesnt make it. thanks.
i wish he will make it i know that he will jump a lot because he stress and very weak and it's very hard to treat fish in this point hope to hear good news.
well i did it, hes still alive, but still on the bottom of the tank laying sideways. i picked him up and put him up right side up so he can rest on the side of the glass. he didnt like the fresh water, started to jump all over. i only did it for 1 min. because he stopped moving. so i will see if he makes it tonight. Thank you for your help. and no worries i wouldnt blame you if he doesnt make it. thanks.
i wish he will make it i know that he will jump a lot because he stress and very weak and it's very hard to treat fish in this point hope to hear good news.
mavgi
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hana you will need to do again fresh water dip , it will give him more relief he will jump at the begin and after he will stop. you need to do it with distil water . and if you find formalin bath it will be better , i hope he don't get secondary bacterial infections yet because it's can invade.
p.s i don't know if you have but you will need ph buffer or baking soda for the next deep and at this time make aeration with the air pump 30 minute before you put the fish , the temp and the ph need to be same to the tank level.
p.s i don't know if you have but you will need ph buffer or baking soda for the next deep and at this time make aeration with the air pump 30 minute before you put the fish , the temp and the ph need to be same to the tank level.
mavgi
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Originally Posted by hana
well hes gone. Got home with his med. and he no longer needs it.
My hippo tang is getting white spots off and on. what is the best way to treat her?Should i give her a formulin bath. No store had stop parisite, soooo????
sorry about that.
no do not do formalin bath to ich it will not effect against ich.
i know you have QT put all your fish there and start to do hypo.
p.s hana you need to use r/o water and not well water your lfs not correct and it's wrong. before you transfer the fish to the Qt check the water parameter ammonia , nitrate , ph , and cooper (since you have cooper there so it's possible that the ammonia and nitrate are high and the ph low. check all the parameter and after post them here if they good you will start hypo and the fish will cure.
My hippo tang is getting white spots off and on. what is the best way to treat her?Should i give her a formulin bath. No store had stop parisite, soooo????
sorry about that.
no do not do formalin bath to ich it will not effect against ich.
i know you have QT put all your fish there and start to do hypo.
p.s hana you need to use r/o water and not well water your lfs not correct and it's wrong. before you transfer the fish to the Qt check the water parameter ammonia , nitrate , ph , and cooper (since you have cooper there so it's possible that the ammonia and nitrate are high and the ph low. check all the parameter and after post them here if they good you will start hypo and the fish will cure.
mavgi
Member
Originally Posted by hana
I have to leave tomorrow and wont be back until sunday
the person checking on my fish doesnt know any thing about fish.
and im still getting the coppersafe out if my QT. can i put them in the QT with low low dose of coppersafe? (whats left in the water)or is this BAD.
it's depend what the measure of the cooper in your tank and you must to test all those parameter if the cooper not high then 0.50 mg it's can be ok , but again it's depend on the fish status becuase coopersafe are not so stable. but before anything you do there you must to test all the parameter because if all not good the fish can die . be patient and do not rush first make test for those parameter and after you post them we can know if it will be ok to transfer them. sorry i forgot check the salinity to and tell the different between your main and the QT. by the way do you have ph buffer or baking soda in case the ph low you will need to increase that.
I have to leave tomorrow and wont be back until sunday
the person checking on my fish doesnt know any thing about fish.
and im still getting the coppersafe out if my QT. can i put them in the QT with low low dose of coppersafe? (whats left in the water)or is this BAD.
it's depend what the measure of the cooper in your tank and you must to test all those parameter if the cooper not high then 0.50 mg it's can be ok , but again it's depend on the fish status becuase coopersafe are not so stable. but before anything you do there you must to test all the parameter because if all not good the fish can die . be patient and do not rush first make test for those parameter and after you post them we can know if it will be ok to transfer them. sorry i forgot check the salinity to and tell the different between your main and the QT. by the way do you have ph buffer or baking soda in case the ph low you will need to increase that.
hana
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just did tests. see if you can figure this one out.....
tested when i got back.this is what it said
ph-8.0(yes i know to low. needs to be 8.2
nites-0
nates-0
am-0
salt-1.022
kh-170-wow way to high..looks like i have to go back to the store
cal-420
temp-79
OK so now i just did all the tests agian(keep in mind i have NOT added anything to the water besides food. this is what is the test
ph-8.8 (????)
what a jump...the rest of the readings are the same
what could make that happen?
tested when i got back.this is what it said
ph-8.0(yes i know to low. needs to be 8.2
nites-0
nates-0
am-0
salt-1.022
kh-170-wow way to high..looks like i have to go back to the store
cal-420
temp-79
OK so now i just did all the tests agian(keep in mind i have NOT added anything to the water besides food. this is what is the test
ph-8.8 (????)
what a jump...the rest of the readings are the same
what could make that happen?
mavgi
Member
first i don't know what type of test kit you use so it's hard to tell if you said that you don't add water or kh buffer. water change now will fix it. what the size of the QT ?
i don't see here a test of cooper result do you have the test kit for cooper because to put cooper in the tank without to test it's can be danger and you add already cooper in this tank it will be hard to tell how much to add or maybe you don't need to add cooper.
since you leave till sunday you can't drop the salinity in short time to 1.009 from 1.022 and what the salinity in your main tank (with what you measure the salinity it's important to).
i don't see here a test of cooper result do you have the test kit for cooper because to put cooper in the tank without to test it's can be danger and you add already cooper in this tank it will be hard to tell how much to add or maybe you don't need to add cooper.
since you leave till sunday you can't drop the salinity in short time to 1.009 from 1.022 and what the salinity in your main tank (with what you measure the salinity it's important to).