shay Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 got home last night only to find "red" swimming around slowly on his side and upside down as well as breathing heavy. imidiatly done a 50% water change with prime and added more salt. trying to keep as calm as i could i decided the only thing i could think of doing at this point was to wait it out from there and check him in the morning. finding it difficult to sleep I anxiously had to check him at about 2am. found him laying partially on his side at the bak of the tank leaning against the glass and a log, and also breathing very fast, he was an almost white blotchy colour. at this point i was beginning to prepare for the worst. woke up this morning at 5:30 and reluctantly poked my head round the corner expecting to see redman belly up. but no. to my suprise he is now swimming around quite normally apart from looking at tat disorientated and his breathing seems to be near normal. Any thoughts on what may have caused this aside from eating a bad pilli, or even one of my toddler kids maybe sneaking dishwashing liquid in the tank lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 do u know your water parameters on a normal basis or are u juss adding salt whenever u feel like it? added more salt. this area is one of the most overlooked ones, people thinking when i do a water change juss throw little bit here or there? so maybe check this and ensure there is a level of awareness in the salinity of the tank hth's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 i know the parameters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 i know the parameters could you share them? kinda hard to offer any help with very limited "knowledge" on the most important factors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 waht kind of salt are you using the wrong procesed salt can have bad afect on brackish water fish (do not use swimingpool salt ) it has additives that pioson the water ,are eyes clear lift gilplate see if gills are not pale thy are signs of pioson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 waht kind of salt are you using the wrong procesed salt can have bad afect on brackish water fish (do not use swimingpool salt ) it has additives that pioson the water ,are eyes clear lift gilplate see if gills are not pale thy are signs of pioson nah no additives in swimming pool salt......least not the one i buy. 100% salt. additives are to expensive to add so 100% salt it all ya get that being said because of the solar drying and refining process some mineral wealth (trace elements) is also in the make up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 http://www.poolquip.com.au/msds/Pool-Salt.pdf jngredients CAS \No, Proportion Salt (sodium chloride) 7647-14- 5 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 hmmmm addiiiiiiiiiiitives tell me of these so called aaaddddyyyyyy tives been using pool salt for a bazzzziollllion years n some foxygang, wat r they me would likes to nose???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 vinegar is a top additive to salt......lemon is pretty good too with tha fushy.......mmmmmm coral trout........ drools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 i never had problems with pool salt , and when i said i know what the parameters are means i know they are correct.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 i never had problems with pool salt , and when i said i know what the parameters are means i know they are correct.. its a secret? dont know how to respond without em.....other then to say........best of luck with it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
