Need help fast!!!!! - Page 2

Edmonton Eskimo · #1 06-05-2005, 08:36 PM

My tomato clown has bee swimming around a little but the others are still gasping more towards the bottom of the tank.

Aquattro · #2 06-05-2005, 08:39 PM

Any scratching of gills on the rocks?

BTW, anyone that might be more smarter with fish than me could jump in here anytime

Edmonton Eskimo · #3 06-05-2005, 08:46 PM

nope no scratching just gasping. The clown is becoming more mobile now and everyone seems to be doing a little better except my damsel-go figure.

rickjames · #4 06-05-2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Edmonton Eskimo

I can't really tell the color difference but it looks like it's still at .5 but that's what it was when I started and I've done about 25 gals in water changes. Should I keep doing them?

Did you do a 25 gal water change at once? Unless you do a large water change all in one shot you aren't going to be able to dillute the ammonia much. If I were you I would start mixing up Some SW and do a 50% water change if possible, making sure to match temp, salt content, and pH to the tank. While you are waiting for your SW to mix you could run as much carbon as possible in your system, it should help.

Just a note, I have heard it is not uncommon for wholesalers to do close to 100% water changes!

Beverly · #5 06-05-2005, 09:25 PM

Just curious as to which lfs the fish came from. Some lfs use a bit of copper in their tanks, though even if you did get a bit of copper in the tank from the bag, I can't imagine that being the cause.

Dead xenia might have been caused by the trigger? Which might have released toxins into the water? Gosh, anything's possible. Get some carbon running in the tank as well as keep doing water changes.

Edmonton Eskimo · #6 06-05-2005, 09:39 PM

I got the fish from that place in devon. I didn't put the bag water in my tank. I hope I can save them. I really didn't see the trigger being agressive to anything. He wasn't picking at anything all he was really doing was getting used to the tank and hiding in the skull that is in there.

medic_eva · #7 06-05-2005, 09:51 PM

good luck smalls buddy!!!

Edmonton Eskimo · #8 06-05-2005, 09:56 PM

Thanks Eva. Hey you're a medic what gives here!!

1bigstud · #9 06-05-2005, 11:00 PM

I agree reef raf as long as the parameters match then big water changes are fine. I just wasnt sure if that was the case Excuse me while I take my foot out of my mouth.

christyf5 · #10 06-05-2005, 11:56 PM

I agree with Brad, you may have stirred something up that didn't need to be stirred. Water changes and aeration should put you back on track. Only time will tell. I highly doubt that anything parasitic could have done this so quickly, since they need time to replicate and distribute themselves onto neighboring fish.

Good luck and keep us posted

Christy