Help, is this true? should i water change?

Romadov · Aug 20, 2023

My tank is now running hyposalinity and ive done several water change

I Just bought seachm alert and the reading color is close to alert (or i dont know wether is safe or alert color). If its reading alert, how much percentage water change should i do now? Within days or weeks?

And my 2 tangs rapidly breathing with only 1 gill, other gill is completely closed, some other fish is rapid breathing too. Is this related to ammonia? Considering i already point my wavemaker to surface for more O2

Jedi1199 · Aug 20, 2023

I am unfamiliar with the alert badge thing you are using, so unfortunately I can't say from that.

The fact the fish are breathing heavily and improperly is a huge red flag.

You say you are running hyposalinity. Why?

First thing I would do is adjust the salinity, slowly back to normal.

How long has the tank been up and running? Ammonia should be a non issue.

How long have the fish been in the tank?

The list of variables here is a long one. We need a LOT more data to properly help diagnose what's going on.

Jay Hemdal · Aug 20, 2023

Hyposalinity can sometimes cause a spike in ammonia in tanks where there were a lot of algae in micro animals that die off. Keep at eye on it, and do you have another way to test for ammonia? Maybe you pet store could?

Jay

Garf · Aug 20, 2023

Romadov said:
My tank is now running hyposalinity and ive done several water change

I Just bought seachm alert and the reading color is close to alert (or i dont know wether is safe or alert color). If its reading alert, how much percentage water change should i do now? Within days or weeks?

And my 2 tangs rapidly breathing with only 1 gill, other gill is completely closed, some other fish is rapid breathing too. Is this related to ammonia? Considering i already point my wavemaker to surface for more O2

The badges often look like that when lit from the front. Have you got a total ammonia test kit? If this is a display tank, it’s likely not related to ammonia.