Need help quick

[Epuerto]

on sunday i bought a baby sailfin tang i havnt seen him eat and now he is just being tossed around by the current unable to swimm, but he is alive trying to what can i do please help!

 

[carey]

Oh no! Did you QT him?

 

[Epuerto]

no i dont have a quarintine tank im doing a waterchange , my levels are all 0 except my ammonia which is .25 which i read cant kill a fish could the fish been the result of cyanide
? what should i do?!

 

[carey]

Do your PWC get that ammonia outta there first thing. maybe turn off a powerhead for now...Give him a chance to catch his breath

 

[Epuerto]

ok
then what?

 

[carey]

I'm not sure. does he look like he has any damage? Or is he just "off"?

 

[Epuerto]

he is fine he is just geettting thrown around in the currrent and occasionally flaps one fine buyt i can see his gills breathing

 

[Epuerto]

I dont want to do it but i cant leave him in there like that should i just take him out of his misery?

 

[carey]

what do you mean?

 

[Epuerto]

should i kill him and get it over with right now he is wedge below a rock and i want to cry.

 

[carey]

You are NOT going to kill the fish. You need to relax a bit. Its gonna be ok. Even if the fish doesnt make it.

Did you turn off the powerheads? Did you do your water change yet?
whats your salinity? is that ok?

 

[Epuerto]

my salinity is 1.022 my water change is done i shut of tghe powerheads not he is under the rock go to the chat room

 

[Epuerto]

Well the fish passed away he gave up a fight carey come 2 chat

 

[carey]

I'm real sorry to hear that. :-( You did all you could.
I'll look for you in chat in a bit, still doing my daily fish stuff. lol 6 stinking tanks..

 

[Epuerto]

lol