More QT issues

[JCnflies]

Last night I droppedthe salinity in my QT to 1.011. Ofcourse, the guage couldbe off....

Today I came home to find my Kole Tang laying on the bottom, breathing heavy, almost looking like he was shedding skin. I realized I did not add baking soda to the RO water I put in the QT, so I added some over about an hour and he is doing better. In case there was an ammonia spike (which I doubt as there are no inverts in the tank that I know of) I adde some prime and I added some mixed sw to get the salinity to 1.016. He is doing better now.

Could the shedding skin be some kind of parasite? Any ideas what might have happened? Thx.

 

[JCnflies]

I should mention, too, that I have an ocellarius in there, too, with no problems. The Kole Tang has been eating well, too.

 

[jnfallon]

make sure you have plenty of oxygenation. Is there a skimmer on that tank? that would do the trick. If not make sure you have an airstone.

be careful adding buffer willy-nilly. check ph and alk beforehand. when doing hypo, a good, calibrated refractometer is necessary, as those swing arm hyrdometers are not precise enough.

HTH