sick silver

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Jan 22, 2006
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for the past 2 days my silver have been breahting very hardand not eating.
he also looks like he has excess slime.
i've done 2 water changes and treated the tank with melafix and salt, rasied the temp from 77 to 80 and have kept the lights off.
hes 12" long and when i got him he still had his sack, so im really attached and i don't want to lose him.
tank is a 135 gal, 30 gal sump, cascade 300, tetra tech (dont remember the model but its the biggest hob they have), life gaurd fbf.
ammo-.25
nitrite- 0ppm
nitrate- in between 0 and 12.5
what can i do to save him?
 
shoot! i dont know whats happening to him... but i hope u can post some pics of him.
ill start of by praying he pulls through.

any recent thing u added to the tank? what was his last meal?
 
update:
well he was swimming before but now hes just drifting around.
i don't think hes gonna make it much longer, so i guess all i can do is make his last fewhours easy and peaceful.
 
60mm;520467; said:
update:
well he was swimming before but now hes just drifting around.
i don't think hes gonna make it much longer, so i guess all i can do is make his last fewhours easy and peaceful.
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check your ph level make sure you stay between 6.8 to 7.2... if your over the 8.0 range, that could be one of the reasons for the excess slime... do a water change about 25 percent every 2-3days, add alot of aquarium salt, ph down, and proper amounts of water conditioners... also keep water fairly warm between 80-83 degrees... that should help ease the stress... hopefully it's not to late for the fella'... good luck
 
well it's over, i think i'm done with fw fish for a little while.
but dont worry the tank will be swapped over to salt this weekend, i plan on some sweet triggers for the winter.
 
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