I ordered the Quinine Sulfate and it wont get here until tomorrow. The blue hippo tang did not make it, the yellow eyed tang looks like its not going to make it, but he looked fine last night, swimming fine and eating then this morning I found him barley moving and unresponsive. I moved him into a quaratine tank with Formalin in it, hope he hangs on. The two clown fish are hanging in there and the shark is stil breathing rapidly, but is still very responsive. I hope I can get it in time, but looking at the blue hippo that sisn't make it, it looks like the new string of ich because the formalin I put her in did not even seem to help
Emi, Krj, Zoodiver I need Help/Advice
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Are they laboring to breath? If so, a freshwater dip (15+ minutes in freshwater with matching pH/temp) may save them...
The shark and the clown fish are starting to slowly starting to get back to normal. The sahrks breathing is slowing down and she stoped doing that barel roll thing she does, she did however yawn twice, but she is eating healthy and havent lost her appetite. I still plan on treating the tank with the Quinine and I have a Lifeguard QL40 that I plan on implementing to keep the pathogen and bacterial at non-leathal levels. Thank you for all your help guys, the two tangs did not make it, but it looks like the shark and the two clowns will.
I've heard of cases where Bamboo sharks "suddenly" die in tanks that the water temperature is 86F or higher. But these deaths are most likely the result of either low oxygen levels in the tank or a rapid increase in water temperature(something that's hard for most sharks tolerate).
On the other hand I've heard of many cases of aquarists keeping bamboo sharks in water temps in the range of 78-82F - without any major difficulties. And Bamboo pups growing from small pups to 36" adult in just 4 years. And I've never heard of anyone losing a bamboo shark just because the water temperature is 80-82F.
So l would suggest that you might need to double check to see if it was just the water temperature - or if it really was something else such as low oxygen levels, or internal parasites that may have killed those sharks. IMO - the latter options were the more likely causes for death.
On the other hand I've heard of many cases of aquarists keeping bamboo sharks in water temps in the range of 78-82F - without any major difficulties. And Bamboo pups growing from small pups to 36" adult in just 4 years. And I've never heard of anyone losing a bamboo shark just because the water temperature is 80-82F.
So l would suggest that you might need to double check to see if it was just the water temperature - or if it really was something else such as low oxygen levels, or internal parasites that may have killed those sharks. IMO - the latter options were the more likely causes for death.
