sick batfish

flower · 08-20-2001, 10:11 PM

70 FOWLR gal tank. 5 year old orbiculate batfish. Pop eye, cloudy eye, whatever you want to call it. Eye is protruding badly. Been treating food soaked in nitrofura-g. No skimmer, the pump (rio) went out. New pump is in the works. $$$$. 2 MJ power heads, 1/2' aragonite substrate. Emporer filtration system in place. Water changes every4-6 wks along with cartridge changes. Reef crystals. Absolutely no additives. Tank is 5 yrs. old well established. Is it this fish's time or do I need more research. Only other fish is a yellow tang (new) who is thriving. Water levels all ok. Have salinity down to 1.017 to discourage bacteria. All other parameters are good. Nitrates are high, but this is a FO tank.

Have a quarunteen tank but netting a 5 yr. old bat will only cause more damage.

Help please.

flower

sanho · 08-21-2001, 07:12 AM

can you use a mj power head for the skimmer?

tendar · 08-22-2001, 02:11 PM

What do you consider high for nitrates. Nitrates over 50 are to high even for a FO system and can cause strain on the fish. If the nitrates are to high you should increase your water changes to every 3 weeks to help keep them lower and do several water changes over the next week or 2 to get the nitrates down.

08-20-2001, 10:11 PM	#1
flower New in Town Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3	sick batfish 70 FOWLR gal tank. 5 year old orbiculate batfish. Pop eye, cloudy eye, whatever you want to call it. Eye is protruding badly. Been treating food soaked in nitrofura-g. No skimmer, the pump (rio) went out. New pump is in the works. $$$$. 2 MJ power heads, 1/2' aragonite substrate. Emporer filtration system in place. Water changes every4-6 wks along with cartridge changes. Reef crystals. Absolutely no additives. Tank is 5 yrs. old well established. Is it this fish's time or do I need more research. Only other fish is a yellow tang (new) who is thriving. Water levels all ok. Have salinity down to 1.017 to discourage bacteria. All other parameters are good. Nitrates are high, but this is a FO tank. Have a quarunteen tank but netting a 5 yr. old bat will only cause more damage. Help please. flower

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08-21-2001, 07:12 AM	#2
sanho New in Town Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3	can you use a mj power head for the skimmer?

08-22-2001, 02:11 PM	#3
tendar Governor Join Date: May 2000 Location: tempe,AZ Posts: 1,114	What do you consider high for nitrates. Nitrates over 50 are to high even for a FO system and can cause strain on the fish. If the nitrates are to high you should increase your water changes to every 3 weeks to help keep them lower and do several water changes over the next week or 2 to get the nitrates down.

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