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So, 3 weeks into QTing my Bandit Angel, I noticed he wasn't eating much and hiding the other day. Yesterday I found him laying on his side breathing heavily.
I was doing 25% water changes twice a week, but likely overfed and resulted in some ammonia (about 0.2 according to the red sea test). I removed him from that QT and put him in my big display, which has a stronger biofilter and larger water volume, but there is copper in that system being removed (currently below 0.5 chelated).
I did a 30 minute methylene blue bath (0.25ml in 0.5 gallons) yesterday. He's still laying on his side breathing heavily, fins look a little ragged and has a few red spots.
Not sure what to do at this point. Thinking about doing a 90 minute bath in acriflavine (ruby reef rally) or another 30 minute methylene blue bath.
Also not sure if I should do a big water change in my QT (10 gallon) and put him back in there to get him out of the copper, or just leave him in my big system as the Cu levels continue to decrease. Super paranoid about having ammonia appear in the QT again. I use the seachem badges, but I guess they aren't accurate enough to warn me of low levels and big angels are very sensitive. Really kicking myself for not catching this sooner. Really hope I didn't do any irreversible damage.
I was doing 25% water changes twice a week, but likely overfed and resulted in some ammonia (about 0.2 according to the red sea test). I removed him from that QT and put him in my big display, which has a stronger biofilter and larger water volume, but there is copper in that system being removed (currently below 0.5 chelated).
I did a 30 minute methylene blue bath (0.25ml in 0.5 gallons) yesterday. He's still laying on his side breathing heavily, fins look a little ragged and has a few red spots.
Not sure what to do at this point. Thinking about doing a 90 minute bath in acriflavine (ruby reef rally) or another 30 minute methylene blue bath.
Also not sure if I should do a big water change in my QT (10 gallon) and put him back in there to get him out of the copper, or just leave him in my big system as the Cu levels continue to decrease. Super paranoid about having ammonia appear in the QT again. I use the seachem badges, but I guess they aren't accurate enough to warn me of low levels and big angels are very sensitive. Really kicking myself for not catching this sooner. Really hope I didn't do any irreversible damage.