Watching my fish die...anything I can do?

[Marc118]

One of my clowns in the QT was swimming upside down, doing flips ect. I thought there wasnt enough air so i added a pump. nope....

All the suddon its fins locked and in sank to the bottom...

Has ick gotten the best of the fish?

All the other fish in the QT look fine and healthy. Swimming and eating.

It looks like its having a sezure....

 

[roka64]

What are the water paramiters in the QT, how many fish? That's what happened to mine.

 

[Hara]

You were doing hyposalinity treatment werent you? If so, have you been watching the ph numbers? What is the ph now? and the salinity?

 

[Marc118]

pH 8.4
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
Ammonia 0
SG 1.020

The clown is long gone....

 

[tbonem91]

 

[roka64]

Sorry about that. Hopefully the others will get better soon.

 

[Marc118]

They look great, I hope everything turns out ok as well.

1 ?

If there are no fish in my main tank, the ick is just swimming around? So should I add a UV sterilizer to the loop?

 

[roka64]

I'm not sure about that, I do know that it won't kill all of the ICH.

8 weeks of leaving the tank fallow, is what I have read...

 

[melosu58]

You can add the UV if you want but it wont get rid of the ick any quicker. But it would be a good preventive measure after you get rid of the ick. Reason you have to wait 8 weeks is for the cycle of the parasite to be broken. I believe that the UV is important but that`s a whole nother controversy.

 

[Marc118]

Alright thanks

Anyone know why my fish just up and died?

 

[roka64]

Anyone know why my fish just up and died?

Did you add any chemicals to the QT?

 

[Lagger]

+1. Were you medicating? If so, any reason why you were medicating?

Sorry to hear about your fish.

 

[Marc118]

Just hypo.

 

[Lagger]

Hmmm. I've never succesfully performed hypo to cure ick. (I don't own a refractometer) I normally use coppersafe. Even that is harsh on the animals.

You were at 1.009sg?

 

[Marc118]

Not yet. I just got down to 1.015 today.

If you check my other thread about ich, you will see that I think I have 2 sick clowns more than i think my tank ever had ich.

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78996&start=25

 

[Lagger]

1.015 is not too bad. It probably was ick that killed him if all your fish are healthy. GL on the war.

 

[Marc118]

Well the other clown died, I really dont think it was ich, I think it was sick fish as usual from this LFS.