Thanks baby damsel. I removed the light, havent added an airstone yet because there is currently a million microbubbles from the waterfall going on right now but i will when it gets closer to water level and the bubbles arent being produced by it unless i still should now? Problem is the clown goby was spitting out the food the last 2-3 days before this including flake food which is why im trying hypo for ich. Now his mouth is stuck open also.
I’m never done hypo salinity by adding water to a partially full tank like that. I always start with a fully operating tank, and then gradually remove water and replace it with freshwater. Did I copy this link for you?yeah i was waiting for the ph meter i thought i needed it during the whole treatment. I have a refractomer and calibration solution now. i am trying now, unfortunately the worst case scenario happened and when i was trying to lift the rockwork out so i could catch him it broke and part of it may have fell on the goby now aswell. He is still alive and still put up a bit of a chase afterwords to catch him and is now in the 5g that im slowly filling up with normal saltwater after using mostly 3g display water and will soon add fresh water in increments if he is still alive but his mouth is also stuck open now after the possible physical trauma aswell as fins looking torn up so idk if i will be able to get him to eat and if it will heal or not. he is still sitting upright at the bottom and moving around a small amount doesnt appear to be breathing fast right now (about 2 hours after this all took place) any suggestions at this point? Not holding much faith in him surviving at this point but im still trying.
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yes you did and i did read it all, but i dont have that much room temp water made up to fully fill the tank and then remove and top off with freshwater since i wasnt sure i was doing hypo today until this morning, but i could do that all if it is absolutely critical.I’m never done hypo salinity by adding water to a partially full tank like that. I always start with a fully operating tank, and then gradually remove water and replace it with freshwater. Did I copy this link for you?
Hyposalinity
Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2021 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...
ok so i just left the tank 50% full of regular 1.025 water for now. Will either start slowly adding fresh water today at some point or just fill it up full of 1.025 and replace with fresh then as you mentioned if you really do think that it is important to do it that way depending on what you say. Also only tried to feed him once today since there is not a ton of bacteria and he was very stressed but he had no interest at all. its now been 3 or 4 days he hasnt eatten. He is moving around better now, mouth still stuck open though.
*edit* i did start adding some fresh water half a water bottle 250ml at a time from the halfway filled point of the tank every few hours since i didnt want to waste the whole day without lowering it at all as he is not eating. It seems each 250ml is dropping it just under .001 sg at a time. i will keep doing this until i get to 1.020-1.022 and then either continue or fill up with saltwater at the new sg and do it the way you suggested if it is important that i do.
A couple of observations: hypo only works once you reach the final level. If you take too long getting there, the disease can kill the fish during the process.
ok thanks, i added half a water bottle so far which brought it down to 1.024 then 2 hours later dropped it down to 1.023 with the other half bottle of freshwater, this from half a tank full 1.025. It has been just over an hour since i lowered it to 1.023. i also added an airstone. I see the goby is laying on his side now though and is breathing kinda fast so im not sure if he is going to make it. Should i continue to keep lowering it at this pace, speed up or slow down? i will continue lowering at the rate of .001 every 3 hours until i hear back since that would be 48 hours to get to 1.009. Also once again this is from half a tank just adding freshwater, not full and then replacing with fresh. let me know if it is essential its done by filling it full and replacing saltwater with fresh like you said instead of this way. Hope i dont kill him by doing it this way but worst case scenario its only a $15 or $20 fish and im learning.
Keep feeding foods high in protein. This happened to me as well. It had a white furry texture. Feed omega one flakes.
Thanks. He definitely does look like he has a furry texture to him. He is definitely breathing fast now and kinda just moving around small turns in the same general spot. i have tried the tetra flake food shooting flakes by his face about 15 minutes ago which he use to destroy and now he doesnt even try to eat it and i just syphon it back out like 30 seconds later. His mouth is also still open. I dont have any omega one flakes currently but if you really think theres a legit chance he actually goes for them i will go buy a container? i also have nls flakes enhanced with garlic aswell but he has never eatten them.
ok i will speed up then was just quite worried since he wasnt really breathing fast before i started to lower the sg and now he is. also since i havent been removing the saltwater and just been adding fresh to lower it.
I’ve had many problems using refractometer, that’s why I use a good laboratory floating hydrometer for this, but a good swing arm hydrometer also works well.
i broke my glass float hydrometer cleaning it earlier before i was going to use it to check.
update and 2 questions if/when you have time. again sorry for asking for so much help this is my first hypo attempt and its nerve wracking.
Its been like 15 hours since i started hypo and i dont want to get my hopes up but the fish appears to be moving around a bit better and isnt covered in the furry dots anymore and is keeping himself more upright now. But it may have a secondary infection maybe.
QUESTION 1- is a huge white dot/lump on the back tail a secondary infection, and if it is which antibiotic would i use? i have the thomas labs fish antibiotics as a reminder. Here is the best pictures i could get right now.
QUESTION 2- it still hasnt eatten anything in atleast 6 days now. I have only been shooting one flake around him for a minute 2 times/day and then removing when theres no response. Is this enough or should i try 3/day or different food, can i leave like 1 small flake in the corner of tank incase he eats it and then remove it the next time i try if its still there?
