Let me know if I'm going about this the right way...

[redfisher1139]

I got home from work, and discovered my flame angel covered in ich and I am missing a chromis. I immediately filled a 10 gallon with tank water and moved an AC50 I had running on the DT to the 10 gallon. I moved the angel over, and will go to the lfs tommorrow morning for a treatment. All other fish currently appear to be fine, but I will monitor them closely, and if any show signs of ich, they will join the angel in the hospital. I am thinking of just getting some fresh RO water and add a little each day to bring the salinity down, but I am not sure of the exact number I am looking for, so if anyone can help me out with that, thank you in advance.

 

[PrettyFishies]

Search Google for a hyposalinity calculator.

Be mindful that both hypo and copper affect the biological filter. And Flames are sensitive to copper.

 

[redfisher1139]

Going to give Rid*Ich Plus a shot first. It worked great on my Africans (didn't lose a single fish). And going to give my DT a daily pwc for the next week or so to try and get any lingering parasites out. And before anyone asks, 0 ppm on ammonia and nitrites, nitrates are really high at 40 ppm and ph is low at 8. HT is the same right now, but I will monitor that daily seeing as to the fact that it is bare. Like I said before the filter is an AC50 with just a sponge and 5 mangroves pulled straight from the DT, so I hope it carried over enough biological filtration. If not, then it's daily PWC's for that tank, too.


HE WILL SURVIVE!!!

 

[redfisher1139]

Thank you all for your support, but unfortunately, the Flame Angel passed away this evening.

 

[Just.A.Bit.Salty]

Oh man that sucks, good luck with the others..