A few weeks ago, I purchased a small hippo tang for my 75g tank. I did not QT right away and within a day I had spots showing up. I immediately took her out of that tank and moved to QT. I started using Ich-Attack in the QT to try and clear it up. After about a week I found her lying on the bottom one morning, unable to swim upright. over the next day, the spots began appearing more and more.
Figuring I should try and go the hyposalinity route, I began doing slow water changes throughout the day yesterday to lower the salinity. It eventually ended up at 1.014 sg. at this point, 24 hours later, she seems to be much less lethargic, and occasionally struggles to get around the tank, but is still unable to swim upright. I've been askid if I thought she was just trying to hide, but I don't think that is it. I can literally pick her up off the bottom, only to have her try and swim again, but go right to the bottom and them swim on her side until she finds a place to rest. It's as though she just can't swim upright.
So is there anything else I can do? The spots pre not as prominent today, but still visible. She seems to be very resiliant and is struggling to swim, but I want to do anything I can to help without making it worse.
Figuring I should try and go the hyposalinity route, I began doing slow water changes throughout the day yesterday to lower the salinity. It eventually ended up at 1.014 sg. at this point, 24 hours later, she seems to be much less lethargic, and occasionally struggles to get around the tank, but is still unable to swim upright. I've been askid if I thought she was just trying to hide, but I don't think that is it. I can literally pick her up off the bottom, only to have her try and swim again, but go right to the bottom and them swim on her side until she finds a place to rest. It's as though she just can't swim upright.
So is there anything else I can do? The spots pre not as prominent today, but still visible. She seems to be very resiliant and is struggling to swim, but I want to do anything I can to help without making it worse.