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I reluctantly resorted to carbon dosing when I found that my nitrates had hit 60ppm. I don't have time to properly address the issue in the next few months and I figured it was low risk. Over two weeks at the recommended dosage via dosing pump, I was able to lower nitrates to about 20ppm. Everything looks great other than my 9" Hippo Tang who a week ago stopped eating, and began to hide all day. I couldn't figure out what was going on but since NOPOX was the only thing that was new to the tank, I decided to stop dosing it yesterday. Within 24 hours she began to eat again, but I notice red marks on her belly (looks like an internal bacterial infection) and a white bacterial infection on her side. Each hour that passed since stopping the NOPOX, she has improved and is swimming more and more. She just ate an entire Manila clam is less than a minute...she was hungry.
I am convinced it was the NOPOX....It only makes sense.
I reluctantly resorted to carbon dosing when I found that my nitrates had hit 60ppm. I don't have time to properly address the issue in the next few months and I figured it was low risk. Over two weeks at the recommended dosage via dosing pump, I was able to lower nitrates to about 20ppm. Everything looks great other than my 9" Hippo Tang who a week ago stopped eating, and began to hide all day. I couldn't figure out what was going on but since NOPOX was the only thing that was new to the tank, I decided to stop dosing it yesterday. Within 24 hours she began to eat again, but I notice red marks on her belly (looks like an internal bacterial infection) and a white bacterial infection on her side. Each hour that passed since stopping the NOPOX, she has improved and is swimming more and more. She just ate an entire Manila clam is less than a minute...she was hungry.
I am convinced it was the NOPOX....It only makes sense.