Just lost one...

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Well, originally an hour ago this was going to be a HELP! thread, but my BP died with in 10 minutes of me seeing her. I have been treating for gill flukes because most of the fish were glancing and, to me they were breathing harder that normal. I keep the tank (150 gal) at about 79-81, I did a water change yesterday just like every week, and have been using this medicine that was recomended: MicrobeLift Herbtana. I don't have the exact water params on me, (at work) but when I checked, I was using the Master Test kit and everything was spot on like usual. I have a Rena xp3 running and a protein skimmer. ( had an extra) I keep the tank clean and haven't had any issues before. The tank has been set up in this house for about 2 months. Before that everything was in the 75 minus the fronts and JD who were in other tanks, but all have always been healthy.

I don't really know the point of this thread, I'm just bummed. I love my fish and just lost my rescue Aro (the infamous Bendy) when he jumped thru a peice missing from my hood, the peice that had JUST cracked off :( I think he got spooked from the lightning outside. Now I feel like my older parrot is going to die too. Some days she looks good with lots of color, then others she's really pale. All the other fish, (parrots, fronts, JD, BNP) all doing fine. ARG.

:cry: RIP Lil One

This pic is the first day she was let into her new home. The guy we got her from about 6 months ago didn't realize she had ich, and I saw it as i was putting the bag in. We treated her and she pulled thru like a champ :) She got stuck in a rock and I had to poke her thru. The next one I got after her did the same thing lol.

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I checked all my params last night and everything was better than i anticipated. ( i remember that all the tests were 1 color/step above 0) The amonia was at .25, the nitrates at .20 , the nitrites at .25 , the ph was 7.4, and every one else in the tank was swimming around. i noticed tho that my tap water comes out at 8.6
 
I am not familiar with MicrobeLift Herbtana. Could you please more information on this one? For flukes, I advise praziquantel which you can obtain by buying Droncit or Prazipro.

Your ammonia and nitrite are toxic at those levels. You need to bring them down with more water changes. I believe whatever ingredients of the treatments you used (other than prazi), may have something to do with intervening nitrogen cycle.
 
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