Whitespotted grouper

[twlawrenceko]

Brightwell aquatics sells a vit c in a liquid form. I have heard of other crushing vit c tablets though.

I'll give it a try on human vitamin c tablet, without pigment and additives. I will follow this: 200 mg/ 20L

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I love Brightwell and have found their product to still be potent over a year after it was opened.

Human stuff works well too. Mix it up in water first by some heavy shaking, before pouring it into the water.

 

[twlawrenceko]

I love Brightwell and have found their product to still be potent over a year after it was opened.

It's kind of hard for me to get its product, so is it ok to dose tablet vitamin c with 200mg/20L ?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I forget what the dose is, but I'll go look it up to confirm what I had been using.

 

[rayn]

Lionfish lair got me on the brightwell vit c and I use it and like it. Most likely have to order it in, but when she gives you the dosing amounts, tablets work well too.

Good luck, hope he pulls through.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Your tank is 20L? As in ~5 gallons? Or are you just saying you'd use 200mg per 20 litres?

 

[twlawrenceko]

Your tank is 20L? As in ~5 gallons? Or are you just saying you'd use 200mg per 20 litres?

My tank is 200L, so I mean 200mg per 20 liters.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I would start with 1/2 that.

Have you heard about dosing vitamin C before? Do you know to watch pH?

 

[twlawrenceko]

100mg per 20l?
So I will be adding 1000mg, and can I mix it with normal water?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's what I start dosing at.

 

[twlawrenceko]

I tried to feed brine shrimp, but it doesn't even care about it. By the way, is a freezing shrimp ok for it?

 

[Duke4Life]

I tried to feed brine shrimp, but it doesn't even care about it. By the way, is a freezing shrimp ok for it?

As long as its uncooked. Have smaller fish, if so give the brine to them.

 

[twlawrenceko]

I have to agree with Cu455. Something is beating that fish up when you are not around. Move it and it should heal in no time. That fish is going to die if you leave it in that tank, No matter how much vitamin c you give it. It is not eating because it is stressed as ****.

I've set up a camera to record what is happening when I'm not there. So, this is what I see, the other fish went into the net where the grouper stays accidentally. The first two ot three weeks grouper stays at the bottom. But recently, the grouper will swim to the higher place and escape from the net. It gets more energy than before I think, but still not eating anything...[emoji26]

My tank's environment is pretty bad, checked this Monday:
No3: 500
No2:0
Kh: 3°d
Ph: 7.0

I already add Kh buffer into the tank the day before yesterday.

 

[twlawrenceko]

I would start with 1/2 that.

Have you heard about dosing vitamin C before? Do you know to watch pH?

What's the best value of ph for a sick fish?
Now I get ph 7.2

 

[Lionfish Lair]

You need to work on bringing that pH up nice and slowly before you do anything else. Are you sure your test kits are correct? How old are they? What type.

7.o isn't low.... it's deadly low. Don't dose any vitamin C. Do you have some water you can change? What's the pH of that water.

 

[twlawrenceko]

You need to work on bringing that pH up nice and slowly before you do anything else. Are you sure your test kits are correct? How old are they? What type.

7.o isn't low.... it's deadly low. Don't dose any vitamin C. Do you have some water you can change? What's the pH of that water.

So I should bring the Ph up to 8.0 in two weeks? I'm using Kh buffer, and I'm using jbl tester, they're one year old.

 

[twlawrenceko]

I tried to put freshwater alive fish in front of him, and swimming around him like 10 min, but he still didn't catch it and try to eat it, what should I do now, it's a serious sickness....

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Can you get a pH test kit with the vials and test solution? Those sticks are not very accurate. We gotta make sure your pH is really that low and then we have to fix that before that fish is "fixed". I can't express how important it is to double check that number with a reliable test. We have to get it up to a more appropriate number, even a 7.8 one be nice at this point. But if the test is inaccurate and we raise a pH that is already normal, we could kill that fish. Make no mistake, though, a 7.0 will also kill your fish in time.

So, the next step should be to confirm that pH. If it's correct, we have to develop a plan to safely bring it back up.

 

[twlawrenceko]

Can you get a pH test kit with the vials and test solution? Those sticks are not very accurate. We gotta make sure your pH is really that low and then we have to fix that before that fish is "fixed". I can't express how important it is to double check that number with a reliable test. We have to get it up to a more appropriate number, even a 7.8 one be nice at this point. But if the test is inaccurate and we raise a pH that is already normal, we could kill that fish. Make no mistake, though, a 7.0 will also kill your fish in time.

So, the next step should be to confirm that pH. If it's correct, we have to develop a plan to safely bring it back up.

I changed it to another tank, the ph, no2, no3... are all fine and now it sometimes swim around to the top, but hasn't eat the freshwater fish... Hope it gets better

 

[twlawrenceko]

Here's a picture that grouper is looking outside and from my guessing it wants to eat the clownfish. Looking good, it is swimming around but not staying on the ground. I will give it a try to feed freshwater fish again today.

And I'm still adding Seachem Vitality twice a week.

Btw, I'm streaming 24/7 so I can view my fish tank whenever and wherever I want. Never miss a shot of looking at it!