Petco rescue, two tangs

Flippers4pups · May 3, 2019

Mjrenz said:
Here she is, looking better than ever! Sorry it took so long tonight, I got home a little late from work and then had to change out di resin. I also just bought and installed a second di canister so I can stop throwing out unused resin

Much better!

MombasaLionfish · May 4, 2019

Where is Dori's morning check up?

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

MombasaLionfish said:
Where is Dori's morning check up?

She's doing great! She gave me a scare by deciding to sleep nose down against the sponge filter, I took the pic after I moved the filter and she started swimming around

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

@ngoodermuth, baby Dory is actively swimming and eating and doesn't appear to be in distress (besides being a typical high strung blue tang) but she is breathing rapidly. Should I be concerned or do you think that it's just from the gill damage and it will get better as she heals? I've been dosing prime every night since she's been in the MB and there's nothing showing on the ammonia alert badge

ngoodermuth · May 4, 2019

Mjrenz said:
@ngoodermuth, baby Dory is actively swimming and eating and doesn't appear to be in distress (besides being a typical high strung blue tang) but she is breathing rapidly. Should I be concerned or do you think that it's just from the gill damage and it will get better as she heals? I've been dosing prime every night since she's been in the MB and there's nothing showing on the ammonia alert badge

Hmm... I’d maybe do a water change just in case. Ammonia can creep up before it even registers on the alert badge IME.

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Hmm... I’d maybe do a water change just in case. Ammonia can creep up before it even registers on the alert badge IME.

Do you think 50% or should I do more?

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

Also, is it even worth adding biospira with the MB in the tank or would that be useless?

ngoodermuth · May 4, 2019

Mjrenz said:
Do you think 50% or should I do more?

If it’s not even registering on the alert badge, I think 5 gallons would be fine to start and just see if that makes a difference. If you are able to get a video of her breathing, that might help.

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
If it’s not even registering on the alert badge, I think 5 gallons would be fine to start and just see if that makes a difference. If you are able to get a video of her breathing, that might help.

I'll see if I can get one

ngoodermuth · May 4, 2019

Mjrenz said:
Also, is it even worth adding biospira with the MB in the tank or would that be useless?

It’s not useless, just might not be as effective as it would without the MB. I believe @4FordFamily uses bio-spira with NFG, because of the MB.

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
If it’s not even registering on the alert badge, I think 5 gallons would be fine to start and just see if that makes a difference. If you are able to get a video of her breathing, that might help.

I actually got one on the first try! I think everyone will enjoy watching this instead of a still pic

ngoodermuth · May 4, 2019

It’s pretty fast... if a water change doesn’t help, it might be that she still needs the antibiotics.

How’s the salinity holding up?

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
It’s pretty fast... if a water change doesn’t help, it might be that she still needs the antibiotics.

How’s the salinity holding up?

I've been testing every day and keeping it topped off, I just checked it again and it's at 1.009

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

@ngoodermuth, I have 5 gallons changed out and I've dosed the MB, prime, and biospira. How long should I wait to see a change in her breathing? I'm pretty sure the alert badge is still reading zero but I'm not the best at differentiating colors on tests and the MB is making it even harder. Maybe there's a trace of ammonia?

Zos4me · May 4, 2019

Just my 2 cents but kudos to you for trying.

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

Zos4me said:
Just my 2 cents but kudos to you for trying.

Thank you! I've had trouble keeping seemingly healthy fish alive in the past, I'm learning a lot here

4FordFamily · May 4, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
It’s not useless, just might not be as effective as it would without the MB. I believe @4FordFamily uses bio-spira with NFG, because of the MB.

Nailed it!

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

4FordFamily said:
Nailed it!

Since your here right now, would you mind looking back a few posts and make sure I'm doing everything correctly?

ngoodermuth · May 4, 2019

The ammonia badge could be a "smidgen" over safe so somewhere between .02-.05... but like you said, it's hard to tell for sure with the blue water. It does take a couple of hours for the badge to change colors, so you can double check to see if it looks a little different.

If it's ammonia, the breathing should get better pretty quickly. How does she look now?

Mjrenz · May 4, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
The ammonia badge could be a "smidgen" over safe so somewhere between .02-.05... but like you said, it's hard to tell for sure with the blue water. It does take a couple of hours for the badge to change colors, so you can double check to see if it looks a little different.

If it's ammonia, the breathing should get better pretty quickly. How does she look now?

I'm trying to upload a video to YouTube but it's not cooperating, she's more active and swimming all over so it's really hard to track her breathing rate but it does look like it may have slowed