Fish are barely swimming during Bacteria Bloom EMERGENCY!!!

[Kurtmama8]

Hi guys!
Currently I am having a dino issue and i started dosing bacteria products. Yesterday I dose a 100 ml of Nopox because i thought it would help, (big mistake), and now I'm having a big problem. All my fish are either hiding somewhere and the ones I can see are barely swimming and lying on the ground, (clownfish). My tank is 130 Gs. Please help

 

[Spare time]

Get a wavemaker pointing upward and do a big waterchange immediately. NEVER dose nopox or carbon dosing without following instructions. I have seen so many tanks crash because of that reason.

If you can get a UV sterilizer (any kind) do it.

 

[SMSREEF]

I think you should start an air pump with an air stone. Also point powerheads toward surface. Get more oxygen in the tank.

 

[Spare time]

Also, dinos are not typically caused by high waste levels, but rather a lack there of, so don't try and lower nitrate and phosphate.

 

[Uncle99]

That’s 10x
Water changes.
Carbon
Surface flow
Skim

 

[slojim]

I don't really know, but that's close to a 10x dose. I think I'd be prepping a lot of saltwater and turn the skimmer up as high as it will go - to do a wet skim water change targeting up to half the volume, or a more conventional change if that works. I doubt you can catch all your livestock in a 130, but if you can, it may be worth moving them to a tub or QT to give you time to make more water. Good luck.
If you have an air pump, maybe running bubbles through a powerhead will create enough surface to help float out bacteria to the sump and the skimmer.

 

[bblumberg]

I think that adding an airstone or two, turning up skimmer air intake (even if you have to take the cup off) and pointing powerheads toward the surface will help quite a bit. Water changes will help somewhat, but not as much as adding O2 and reducing CO2 quickly.