sick fish quick responce needed

eug218

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i have a hippo tang that is i think sick. acting very strange about four days ago i noticed ich starting so i treated the fish with a ick clear {tank buddies from the company jungle} the next day it moved into a cave and didn't come out for two days so then i moved it into a quarintine tank. it has been in there for two days just laying on its side or sitting at the top with its mouth popping out or just swimming on its side swimming at the top flopping out of the water and it won't eat. his body seems to be turning lighter and its eyes look different but not popping out just different.
 
Doesnt sound good. How old is your tank? What size? It sounds like you might have ammonia poisoning going on it your QT tank.
 
my normal tank is 58 gal and 2 1/2 months old my qt tank is only 1 week old borrowed water from normal tank a day after water change
 
Please describe your tank and QT and all of the water parameters, other tankmates, and a pic of the tang if possible. Was it eating before? Now?
 
58 gal tank, wet/dry sump, 500gph sump pump, 50lbs of live rock, 3 bags of live sand, 2 percula, 2 chromis, 1 valintine puffer, 1 striped goby, 1 blood shrimp, 5 turbo snails, 3 hermits, 3 other snails. the bottom of the tank has some brown stuff on the bottom

my qt tank not sure think its called a bio filter and a power head no thrills but the tang started acting wierd in my 58 all my levels are normal
 
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