My RG has been funny for a week or 2 but in his normal hole, sometimes laying in the sand etc. Today he was laying in the sand breathing fast and scales look terrible. Seems pretty quick in last 12-20 hrs. Any thoughts?!
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Funny thing about that treatment - turns out that the aeration aspect is all wrong, it doesn't breakdown the peroxide at all. I just finished a series of tests that showed that isn't the case...in one sample, 25 ppm peroxide was still at 20 ppm after 72 hours of heavy aeration. The thing about not using plastic spoons is also really weird - they sell peroxide in plastic bottles (grin). I need to edit that sticky....1. Prepare saltwater for the bath by having it set to the right temperature and heavily aerating it. You can accomplish the latter by running an airstone or pointing a powerhead towards the surface of the water for at least 1 hour (longer is better). Alternatively, you can use Display Tank (DT) water or even from your Quarantine Tank (QT) provided no medications/chemicals are present in the water.
2. Add saltwater (using measuring cup) to the large glass bowl. Keep track of exactly how much water is added - either in cups or ml. (Do this beforehand if preparing saltwater for the bath right in the glass bowl.) Make sure your fish has enough water to swim around and last for 30 minutes without aeration.
3. Discontinue all aeration before adding Hydrogen Peroxide to the water. Using a syringe or pipette, add 3% Hydrogen Peroxide as per dosing instructions below. Dip the tip below the waterline and spread the H2O2 throughout the water. (Do not allow any air/bubbles to enter the water at this point.) After dosing is complete, gently stir the water using a metal spoon. The reason you want to be careful not to create any gas exchange/aeration once the H2O2 has been added is to prevent the atoms from releasing their bond and becoming just oxygen + water.
Dosing instructions: To achieve ~ 150 ppm H2O2 add:
OR
- 1.25 ml of 3% H2O2 per 1 cup of saltwater.
4. Now it's time to add the fish. Again, do not aerate during treatment. The bath water should be perfectly still. It's okay to use a heater, but probably not necessary since the bath only lasts 30 minutes. Observe closely and remove the fish if showing signs of distress. The vast majority of fish will handle it just fine. After 30 minutes, remove the fish and transfer into a QT for further treatment: https://humble.fish/velvet/
- 5 ml of 3% H2O2 per 1 liter of saltwater.
Pros – Effective, easy-to-source “pre-treatment” before fish is placed in QT with copper or Chloroquine. In this study, a single 30 minute treatment with 75 ppm hydrogen peroxide "greatly reduced" Velvet trophonts on the fish: https://www.researchgate.net/public...n_the_Pacific_Threadfin_Polydactylus_sexfilis
Can you get a picture of it now? Taken under white lights is best...Well he's still alive. Breathing has slowed from 100/min to about 40. He is still eating. He mostly lays on the bottom of the acclimation box. When he does swim it's usually upside down. Any new thoughts?
At work until 10p, will try when I get home.Can you get a picture of it now? Taken under white lights is best...
Jay
I treated metro and prazo and acclimation box. Could be fish aggression as he was trying to start a fight w my other RG few days ago but no damage to fins.