Newbie with a fungus problem?
Deb, While you may (should) do a PWC at noon to help keep your ammonia and nitrite down, DO NOT remove any more salt. You should not have removed this much. If, as it does appear, hemorragic septicemia is starting to set in (as would be the reason for the red streaking in the fins), salt should not be reduced at this time. Septicemia should not be dismissed as lighly as being stress, but is usually the result of the presence of nitrogenous waste (ammonia and nitrite) such as you have, as \Steve// pointed out. While your ammonia and nitrite has remained around 0.25 ppm for some time now, it should be known that besides a higher pH rendering these compounds more toxic (and lessor so, the temperature) the duration of these compounds in the environment has a direct affect how toxic this is to fish. Salt will negate these toxic effects. In my message to you yesterday, I indicated for you not to drop the salt content any lower than what you had it at that time — 1.73 tsp/G. I know you didn’t get that, but that’s a long story which I’ll follow up with, but I’m sending you this first, before you make your PWC. BTW, in addition to possible internal bacteria infections causing septicemia (red streaking), it can also be caused by an internal viral infection — but the initial cause is usually nitrogenous waste. Ray
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