Petco rescue, two tangs

Frtdrmrose7 · Apr 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
He's in the bath now, how often can/should I do the bath until they get better?

I don’t think I’d do more than once a week or so unless it’s medically needed. Let’s get @ngoodermuth opinion though.

ngoodermuth · Apr 13, 2019

I don’t think I would worry about a second bath quite yet... just give it some time and see how they do.

Mjrenz · Apr 13, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
I don’t think I would worry about a second bath quite yet... just give it some time and see how they do.

Thank you, I want to do everything I can but I also don't want to over do it and end up killing them with the treatments

vetteguy53081 · Apr 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
I dropped the temp to about 73(room temp) based on the salvage protocol, should I leave it there or bring it back up?

Maintain Steady temperature. 73 is quite low. Plenty of oxygen, FW dip and liquid vitamins and teramyacin or similar will be a good start

Mjrenz · Apr 13, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
Maintain Steady temperature. 73 is quite low. Plenty of oxygen, FW dip and liquid vitamins and teramyacin or similar will be a good start

The freshwater dip has been done, I dropped the temp based on the article @Big G shared from Humblefish about last ditch efforts to save a fish to try to get them through the first night. I slowly ramped the temp back up to 76 today. For now I'm feeding pe mysis and nori, selcon is on the way from Amazon and should be here tomorrow. So far they're both doing better. I have an air pump delivering quite a bit of air and I added pure oxygen last night until my tank ran out

scriptmonkey · Apr 13, 2019

Following along to see them pull through.

vetteguy53081 · Apr 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
The freshwater dip has been done, I dropped the temp based on the article @Big G shared from Humblefish about last ditch efforts to save a fish to try to get them through the first night. I slowly ramped the temp back up to 76 today. For now I'm feeding pe mysis and nori, selcon is on the way from Amazon and should be here tomorrow. So far they're both doing better. I have an air pump delivering quite a bit of air and I added pure oxygen last night until my tank ran out

way to go. Sounds like you have followed advice and are on top of it. Hopes for success

Mjrenz · Apr 13, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
way to go. Sounds like you have followed advice and are on top of it. Hopes for success

Thank you! I'm trying to do this right

Mjrenz · Apr 13, 2019

scriptmonkey said:
Following along to see them pull through.

Fingers crossed

scriptmonkey · Apr 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
Thank you! I'm trying to do this right

So far you are doing an awesome job, keep up the great work.

OnPointCorals · Apr 13, 2019

This will be so cool if you can pull both these through. We are all rooting for you....and them.

Good luck and I’m following along.

Mjrenz · Apr 13, 2019

I'll keep everyone updated on their progress

RtomKinMad · Apr 14, 2019

You’re awesome! So glad you got them!

Frtdrmrose7 · Apr 14, 2019

Now all you need is a slightly larger tank (180-300G) so you can keep these guys after they heal up.

Mjrenz · Apr 14, 2019

Frtdrmrose7 said:
Now all you need is a slightly larger tank (180-300G) so you can keep these guys after they heal up.

I wish I had the room for a tank that large

Dolelo96 · Apr 14, 2019

Not many people would do what you are doing for these fish. For some reason people don’t see fish as pets or think the don’t have personalities “they just swim around”. Every fish I’ve had as a personalities (IMO). I had a McCosker Wrasse that was the smallest in the tank. My daughter named him Rocky because he claimed one end of the tank. He had no problem chasing off the fish, especially the Tang. It was so funny because every time he did, he would swim back and forth over his territory and flash. He thought he was king of the tank. Reminded us of the scene where Rocky finally made it up the stairs and started jumping around[emoji4]
Good luck!!!