Yellow tang not doing so good after freshwater dip

[JAKos]

By the title my yellow tang is not doing good after a freshwater dip. he's laying sideways on the sand in the qt tank , i left him in the freshwater for 4 minutes. i made sure it was the same temp as the tank and same ph. it seems like he's really struggling should i put him back in my reef tank? i'm really scared he'll die.. i did this to check if he had flukes.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I take it you didn't see any flukes? Did the tang have any symptoms prior to the dip? Where is the fish now, since it isn't in your reef tank? I don't see any downside to putting it back into the reef with the lights out and see if it recovers.

FW dips are not totally risk-free, but it is unusual for a fish to die from them unless there were serious underlying conditions.

jay

 

[JAKos]

I saw a few little white circles in the bucket when i did the dip, before the dip he wasn't eating acting very shy and hiding for about a week. it's in my quarantine tank. not sure if my corals would be ok with lights out. he's still breathing and now laying against the glass and not on the sand.

 

[JAKos]

I've also had him a month prior to this, he was acting all good and eating with no signs and then this suddenly happend.

 

[JAKos]

Seems like he's a goner.. breathing has slowed down and is still laying on the sand, i don't think he'll make it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Slow breathing is better than rapid breathing. Add oxygen if you can and assure you have proper temp and salinity
Temp range 76-79
Salinity 1.024-1.025
How is ammonia level?

 

[JAKos]

Went to test the levels but by that time it was to late, i feel horrible..

 

[IKD]

Went to test the levels but by that time it was to late, i feel horrible..

sorry to hear about that. Things like this happen and best thing to do is learn what we can from it and move forward.

 

[j.falk]

Lights out would not have hurt your corals...they can go days without light.