I have a show vlamighi I have had since 2008. He has streamers,etc. Two days ago I noticed he was breathing rapidly, he is eating but breathing rapidly. No evident signs of infection. The only other thing I noticed when this started was that the skimmer went nuts pulling foam. Water tests per salifert are trate 12ppm, zero trite, zero ammonia, ph 8.0, and dkh 7.1. I have giant snails in this system and a large adult chevron tang that is breathing normally. No fighting between fish. To rule out something in the water, I moved the vlamighi to QT with fresh saltwater, still breathing heavy, but seems to be eating. No signs of infection, i would almost say it looks like symptoms of ick but no flashing, no fin flicking, no symptoms other than breathing heavy.
I dosed bactrim just in case, will be lowering salinity (1.025) to reduce stress and thinking about dosing copper as a precaution. Any other thoughts?
I dosed bactrim just in case, will be lowering salinity (1.025) to reduce stress and thinking about dosing copper as a precaution. Any other thoughts?