Ive had an air stone in that tank all along. Good water flow and there’s no ammonia showing. Not much more I can do but sit and wait. He's on his side at this point breathing slowly.
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Debated moving him in with the Mandarin but don't want to keep stressing him out. Maybe tomorrow if he’s still hanging on with no improvement.
Same. He's hanging in but still just huddled against the pump laying on his side. If i touch him with an acrylic rod he pops up right for 30 seconds or so. He's fighting but Id say its coin flip still.@Scurvy how is the pin tail?
I couldn't agree more! As my boss likes to say @ngoodermuth is my favorite todaySo sorry, Corey. I cannot imagine what you are going through. It is inspiring to see all of the help and support in this thread. @ngoodermuth especially deserves a big hug.
You’re working overtime to say the least! I know of a few people following along now that will find it valuable so very much appreciated.I’m happy to help, but I guess I’m my own worst critic... I’m still trying to figure out what went wrong with those wrasses.
I did find an article by Bob Fenner... he mentions dosing the MB directly into the freshwater dip, rather than doing each separately, but I am still trying to figure out what the actual dosage would be that way.
He also mentions specifically, that if the fish tries jumping out... the dip is over. I’ll post that part... it sounded exactly like what you were describing.
“3) Watch Your Stock! What's that, number XII? No, I'm serious, unless you've done this a bunch or are using the suggested mellow Methylene blue, stay right there during the process. Your new acquisitions might just hop out onto the floor, you never know. Actually, the only reasonable way to gauge how much may be too much time to spend in the dip is to examine the dipped's behavior. If it becomes erratic (should I offer a definition? Nah!) with thrashing about, inversion, wild attempts at missile-impersonation, time's up.” - Bob Fenner
I’ve never had a fish react that way to a dip/bath, but I’ve used acriflavine waaaay more often than MB (can probably count my MB usage on one hand...)
Whatever else I dig up, I’ll report back. For future reference, and for the sake of anyone else who stumbles across this thread
Im guessing he has gill damage like the two that didn’t make it. Visually he looked worse then the others did pre dip. Not sure what I should do with him at this point. Is there any chance he recovers from gill damage or will he just suffer til the end?