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Important perhaps to note that my other PBT who was seemingly healthy and eating great also yesterday dropped dead overnight unexpectedly...
Both fish were sourced from live aquaria (thus quality marine).
So I was feeding my refrigerated mix of foods as I always do, (I drain 10 types of frozen foods by microwaving them then straining them, add selcon, garlic guard, and cod liver oil as I always have done). Powder eating, everyone great. Next thing I know it isn't moving at all and is stiff as a board as the power heads blow his body around the tank. About three minutes later he starts to swim sporadically but surprisingly well... Then two minutes later lays on his side by a rock for a breather.
Ten minutes later he is swimming around 90% as normal or better (tough to do in my very high flow qt).
No ammonia nitrite or nitrates, I do 75% water changes daily and have for two weeks. Cupramine at .5 ppm and has been for about a week. No other inhabitants have any issues (not even the Achilles and powder brown).
If it's anything like the thread on reef central that had the same exact situation happen to them, he will be dead by morning. I've had it two weeks.
I know cupramine isn't ideal but it's better IMO than the stress of ttm and kills more parasites (and ich more effectively) than hypo.
I don't dose anything else except seachem stability and araga milk to bring up the ph of the new wc water. (No ammonia nitrite and nitrate detoxifiers). Temp 78 degrees, salinity 1.026. I had performed a water change with identical parameters three hours prior.
I hope he makes it but what the heck? And unlike the reef central thread with same fish and symptoms, this fish was not fed true frozen food it was merely refrigerated.
Both fish were sourced from live aquaria (thus quality marine).
So I was feeding my refrigerated mix of foods as I always do, (I drain 10 types of frozen foods by microwaving them then straining them, add selcon, garlic guard, and cod liver oil as I always have done). Powder eating, everyone great. Next thing I know it isn't moving at all and is stiff as a board as the power heads blow his body around the tank. About three minutes later he starts to swim sporadically but surprisingly well... Then two minutes later lays on his side by a rock for a breather.
Ten minutes later he is swimming around 90% as normal or better (tough to do in my very high flow qt).
No ammonia nitrite or nitrates, I do 75% water changes daily and have for two weeks. Cupramine at .5 ppm and has been for about a week. No other inhabitants have any issues (not even the Achilles and powder brown).
If it's anything like the thread on reef central that had the same exact situation happen to them, he will be dead by morning. I've had it two weeks.
I know cupramine isn't ideal but it's better IMO than the stress of ttm and kills more parasites (and ich more effectively) than hypo.
I don't dose anything else except seachem stability and araga milk to bring up the ph of the new wc water. (No ammonia nitrite and nitrate detoxifiers). Temp 78 degrees, salinity 1.026. I had performed a water change with identical parameters three hours prior.
I hope he makes it but what the heck? And unlike the reef central thread with same fish and symptoms, this fish was not fed true frozen food it was merely refrigerated.
Typically flukes travels to the eyes (where you can see them) before killing a fish, but that may not be true in all cases.
