So confused..ich or not??? Help

[Coralgurl]

I too think the clowns were really sick. My blenny seemed to be doing a bit better for a few days last week, then noticed that he was again sitting high on the rocks beside one of the power heads, think to try to get more oxygen. He died this morning. I think he had ich really bad as well, some mornings he was completely white around mouth and gills, would clear during the day then be bad again next day.

I added an airstone yesterday to the qt and noticed my cardinals in a corner barely breathing and my chromis was swimming at an accelerated pace, couldn't figure out what was going on, turned the airstone off, cardinals started to swim and chromis settled down. No more airstone.

My ammonia is still close to .25, ph is 8.1, i have dropped the temp down, thermonitor doesn't show settings so have to check on the side of the tank in a bit, was at 78.

Fish ate a bit this morning, haven't done a water change yet as I can't get the dosing right in my water change bucket and don't want to add to tank until I get it.

So I'm down to 4 fish. I can see see spots on the angel, so keep on going.

I have no plans to put the fish back until they are clear and 8 weeks have
passed. I am not going thru this again!!

[daniella3d]

At this PH and at this level of ammonia, your fish gills might burn and they might not survive. 78F is too much and the dissolve oxygen at this temperature is lower. I would let the temperature go down to 76. That will help for the oxygen and also for the ammonia.

I think when dosing copper it is probably better to have 2 tanks so that there is always a fresh supply of water at the right temperature and at the right copper concentration if a large water change must be done.

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

I too think the clowns were really sick. My blenny seemed to be doing a bit better for a few days last week, then noticed that he was again sitting high on the rocks beside one of the power heads, think to try to get more oxygen. He died this morning. I think he had ich really bad as well, some mornings he was completely white around mouth and gills, would clear during the day then be bad again next day.

I added an airstone yesterday to the qt and noticed my cardinals in a corner barely breathing and my chromis was swimming at an accelerated pace, couldn't figure out what was going on, turned the airstone off, cardinals started to swim and chromis settled down. No more airstone.

My ammonia is still close to .25, ph is 8.1, i have dropped the temp down, thermonitor doesn't show settings so have to check on the side of the tank in a bit, was at 78.

Fish ate a bit this morning, haven't done a water change yet as I can't get the dosing right in my water change bucket and don't want to add to tank until I get it.

So I'm down to 4 fish. I can see see spots on the angel, so keep on going.

I have no plans to put the fish back until they are clear and 8 weeks have
passed. I am not going thru this again!!

[jorjef]

Okay here's my version of the ugly reality.... Stop now before you frustrate yourself to the point of throwing in the towel completely and selling your system. You have 4 fish left, most not overly expensive fish , green chromis, 2 Bangaii, and a Flame Angel. Let them be if they live they live but adding more of this that and everything else to save them could be making things worse. With them weak to begin with, the stress of moving and being in a Hospital tank and the forever changing water conditions it might be better to just let things stabilize and hope for the best.