So as some of you know my Powder Brown (Maynard) hasn't been doing so well. After the move to the new tank things were great for the first week. Then the second week, he just stopped eating, and didn't eat for 6 days.Finally he started eating again, although in very small amounts. Then after getting the suggestion to try the garlic, I was very excited to see him eat a pretty large meal last night. So I went to be thinking we were heading in the right direction. So then I woke up this morning, and turned on the light like always. I started checking out the tank (did a big water change last night, and it always looks awesome first thing the next morning). Then I noticed that my PB looked kind of funny. His rear fin has what I would reffer to as a little bit of fraying? It seems to be a bit torn. Not to mention his whole body is very blotchy. There aren't any white spots or anything of that nature. He's become VERY inactive. :sad: I'm not sure what to do next. I read on the bottle of the garlic that I can throw some of that directly into the tank. Is that something I want to look into if I'm trying to treat one fish? The rest of the fish are awesome!
Anyway...here are my water parameters as of this morning (I'm using the strips. I have a 6 in one, and a seperate one for ammonia.).
Nitrate: 20 - 40 (somewhere between the two. These are listed as "OK" on the test strip.)
Nitrite: 0
Alkalinity: 180
PH: 7.8 (I used some buffer up right after the test. I'll go back in an hour and check again)
Ammonia: 0
Salinity: 1.024
I'm still pretty new to SW, and I'm under the impression that these levels are pretty good? :scratchch
Any suggestions would be great!
-RYknow
Anyway...here are my water parameters as of this morning (I'm using the strips. I have a 6 in one, and a seperate one for ammonia.).
Nitrate: 20 - 40 (somewhere between the two. These are listed as "OK" on the test strip.)
Nitrite: 0
Alkalinity: 180
PH: 7.8 (I used some buffer up right after the test. I'll go back in an hour and check again)
Ammonia: 0
Salinity: 1.024
I'm still pretty new to SW, and I'm under the impression that these levels are pretty good? :scratchch
Any suggestions would be great!
-RYknow