Urgent help, silver is dying.

[Beetlebug515]

My 19" silver stopped eating a couple of weeks ago. I figured he was just fasting, but tonight I came home and he was vertical. He's barely breathing, and I need to know what to do to keep him alive. Tank parameters shortly.

 

[Beetlebug515]

Ph 7.8
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20

Again, any help is appreciated. Currently holding him with some air stones around his head to keep water moving around him.

 

[celebrist]

Man that sucks. I usually see people say salt, air, and I think temp

Good luck I hope he pulls through

 

[Aquanero]

What is the water temp?

 

[Beetlebug515]

Temp is 79 currently. I just added about 20 tablespoons of aquarium salt to the 250 gallon tank he is in.

 

[Aquanero]

Bump the temp up to 84. See if that helps.

 

[Beetlebug515]

Got it. Bumping now. Any idea what could be causing this? His current position.

 

[celebrist]

Yuck, that must be incredibly stressful

 

[Beetlebug515]

Lost him

 

[Ihsnshaik]

Oh god sorry to hear that. Wonder what happened