speckrb
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I had 2 A perculas and were doing great for about a week. Eating an assortment of food. Then after 2 weeks they came down with ick. I turned off the AC in my house as it was supposed to be under 80 but when I got home, water temp was over 82-83°. The tank was an established 40 breeder that went through the full fishless cycle. I treated with coppersafe and one didn't make it . the other laid on the bottom for 3 days. I came home from work today and he is up swimming vertical like a bouy tail down head up. It is almost like when he stops kicking he sinks like his swim bladder is not functioning. At least he is showing progress. I chose to treat the entire 40 as I could not set up a hospital in time and did not have the resources to do so. I do not plan on putting invertibrates in the 40 anyways and had no plans of adding more fish for months so I did not quarentine. I just have 40 gallons to deal with instead of 20. Water params were always perfect. The copper safe directions are sketchy at best. I added the recommended dosage but they do not tell how often to treat or if it is just 1 dose or multiple. What can I do to help the little guy out and how much more coppersafe do I add? The directions just don't say. I believe it was the suddon higher temp change that brought the ick out. I thought about hyposaline treatment. He has not eaten in 4 days. Offered his favorite pellets and shrimp brine. He has no interest. ANy help will be appreciated.
As of right now
1 dose of coppersafe
PH 8.0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
ammonia 0
1.022
78° f
I have a sponge filter and another airstone going for max oxygen.
As of right now
1 dose of coppersafe
PH 8.0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
ammonia 0
1.022
78° f
I have a sponge filter and another airstone going for max oxygen.