Hewbie’s Test Results

[AydenLincoln]

@Randy Holmes-Farley Thoughts on these results? The only surprising thing is the arsenic but I was reading that it is in our salt. And yes phosphorus is high! This is Hewbie my massive porcupine pufferfish.

 

[Fish Fan]

I don't know if Randy responds to tags; he would get like a million a day I'm sure

If he does not see this, I would repost it in his Chem subforum, where he'll be sure to see your post.

Good luck!

 

[AydenLincoln]

Bump! @revhtree Should this be moved?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Moved to Chemistry

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

are you dosing anything?

Calcium and iodine are quite high. Arsenic is elevated, but I’m not sure it is a problem.

Water changes would help these.

 

[AydenLincoln]

are you dosing anything?

Calcium and iodine are quite high. Arsenic is elevated, but I’m not sure it is a problem.

Water changes would help these.

Nope! If this is a fish only tank. Do I have to worry about any of these? I just wanted a baseline to see if any of them could be contributing.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

For fish only, it seems fine, IMO.

 

[AydenLincoln]

For fish only, it seems fine, IMO.

Okay thank you. I can officially rule out water quality being contributing or the cause of Hewbie’s illness. I figured this before I got it sent out…this confirms it and he is doing better. See my other posts on him. The vet’s best conclusion is that he has/had an issue with his gut microbiome that wasn’t allowing him to expel all the air he got trapped in his intestines. See more on that here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hewbie-is-swimming-upside-down.1165714/page-13#post-14533356