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.

Weird thing is that an ocellaris is in t here, too, with no problems.

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

 

[Steven Pro]

Are you sure the fish has ich and not velvet or brook? Any pictures of the fish?

 

[JCnflies]

The bad news is I just found him dead I think the swing arm guage might have been a bit off, unfortunately. Thx.

 

[cristhiam]

doing hypo you really need a refractometer my swing hydrometer was way off. Sorry about your fish.

 

[JCnflies]

I'll have to get one. The real kicker is, I just found out that the guy I buoght him from keeps copper in his holding tanks - the fish was already parasite free. I am getting one of the se to replace the Kole. I hear the pictures do not them justice and that hey are gorgeous!

Flame Fin Tomini Tang