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Hello people out there more knowledgeable then me. I have a story to tell and I'm hopeing u guys can help me. Thursday- I wake up get out of bed around noon check the tank as I always do all fish accounted for and for the first time ever my Kole tang is finnaly eating off the veggie clip boo yah I've only been trying to get him to eat off it for 2 months. Great start of the day. I go to work for the man come home at about ten pm the tang is breathing heavy and not moving at all. He has what looks like ich on him. Shoot bad day. Start the old google searching and formulate a plot to save my buddy Kole. The next morning break of dawn to the LFS to grab a ten gallon tank(my 30 gallon qt tank just broke) I come home he's still breathing (very heavily) and staying in one spot only swimming backwards. Quick ten gallon water change new qt tank is filled. I reach in with a one gallon bucket and he swims right into it no fight no nothing. Put him in his new home in darkness. The ich that looked like was on him was only sand. Three hours later I have read every which way to do a fresh water dip and decide that @melypr1985 way is going to be the way I do it. Water airated for 30 mins fish in for five mins and out. Look at the bottom of the container with a flash light nothing there. Kole is still breathing heavy but some of his color has returned. I dose the tank with these items
fed him some food that he always ate before(frozen mysis and flake food topped with garlic extract) and let him relax for the rest of the night.
Saturday wake up run to check on him still breathing heavily no sign of eating any of his food. One gallon Water change. Put a couple of live brine shrimp in there didn't see him eat any of it and then I had to go out. Came back from prior obligations still the same swimming backwards breathing heavy. Could not find any brine shrimp anywhere tho. Freshwater dip again for five mins. Checked the bottom on the bowl still nothing in there. Give meds and let him relax again(at this time I added water stone in the tank) checking on my friend Kole periodically thru the night always the same. Wake up today run to check on him still alive breathing heavy unable to swim. Water change suck out all the food at the bottom of the tank. Gave him his meds went to work and that is where I am right now. I'm really worried about him I've had him for about two months. I have two clowns and a bi color blenny in the tank as well they do not seem affected at all. The last thing I added was a coral about three weeks ago I'm just at a loss. Literally everything was fine then eight hours later he was sick. No signs of anything leadin up to the point he is at now. He looks pale right now. The only thing I can think of that could have happened was a temp swing because of the heat. The night it happened No ammonia or nitrites in the tank 20 nitrates ph 8.2 salinity 1.022 which it always has been it doesn't fluctuate I have an Ato. I'm think it's his swimming bladder but I don't know I really don't. He's been fighting since Thursday and I don't want him to do it for nothing any help would be appreciated. Will upload a vide as soon as my girlfriend sends it for now here is how he looks right now.
Thanks for ur help and hopefully we can cure my friend Kole.
Justin
Saturday wake up run to check on him still breathing heavily no sign of eating any of his food. One gallon Water change. Put a couple of live brine shrimp in there didn't see him eat any of it and then I had to go out. Came back from prior obligations still the same swimming backwards breathing heavy. Could not find any brine shrimp anywhere tho. Freshwater dip again for five mins. Checked the bottom on the bowl still nothing in there. Give meds and let him relax again(at this time I added water stone in the tank) checking on my friend Kole periodically thru the night always the same. Wake up today run to check on him still alive breathing heavy unable to swim. Water change suck out all the food at the bottom of the tank. Gave him his meds went to work and that is where I am right now. I'm really worried about him I've had him for about two months. I have two clowns and a bi color blenny in the tank as well they do not seem affected at all. The last thing I added was a coral about three weeks ago I'm just at a loss. Literally everything was fine then eight hours later he was sick. No signs of anything leadin up to the point he is at now. He looks pale right now. The only thing I can think of that could have happened was a temp swing because of the heat. The night it happened No ammonia or nitrites in the tank 20 nitrates ph 8.2 salinity 1.022 which it always has been it doesn't fluctuate I have an Ato. I'm think it's his swimming bladder but I don't know I really don't. He's been fighting since Thursday and I don't want him to do it for nothing any help would be appreciated. Will upload a vide as soon as my girlfriend sends it for now here is how he looks right now.
Thanks for ur help and hopefully we can cure my friend Kole.
Justin