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Had an issue, any way to ease nitrate poisoning in sw and raise odds of recovery? Will post details later...

Aw sh** I got a 6 line wrasse and a mandarin last weekend. They were in quarantine. I put a large piece or LR with caulerpa on it from my main tank in for the pods, etc. Overnight last night the caulerpa "went sexual". I did a 50% water change this morning and was planning another one tonight, but when I got home the 6 line was in bad shape. Swimming quickly to the surface, then laying on his side. The mandarin seems fine. Nitrates look to be 30-40.
Now I don't know if he was sick from the store and it's just getting bad, or if it was something with the caulerpa, or ???
Gonna clean out the q tank and fill with water from the other tanks, but I don't know if there's anything else I can do
sh** sh** sh**

Would Purigen work? It reduces nitrates but I don't know if it's safe in SW.

Good luck!

Already done...but thx

there is vodka dosing... but exactly sure how the procedure works.

See my vitamin C info in this forum. Do you have a long established marine system with enough pods to feed that Manderan it's weight daily in pods?

No skimmer in the q tank, will vit c still work? I use the iHerb one in my other tanks per the RC thread...but I read that quite some time ago and wasn't thinking sick fish at the time...
The tank he's going into has been up for over a year now, it's a 90 and has probably 125+ of LR and only 2 sebae clowns and a bta for stock. I've also located a reliable local source of DT's pods if needed...

PP. what PPM of Vc would you say to start with...
JP, I'm not ignoring you, I just hesitate to try something unfamiliar at this point in time. And the only vodka I have on hand is vanilla flavored...

I would not use VC without a skimmer. In this case, WC are your best friend.

Ok, thanks!

Aw, he died. Poor little guy

Here's my little guy... I've discovered that he goes absolutely insane for frozen cyclopeze... defrost, squirt in, instant photo op

Pufferpunk wrote:Do you have a long established marine system with enough pods to feed that Manderan it's weight daily in pods?

Lucky!

I know...I was so friggin happy when he started hoovering them. I have bazillions of pods in my tank, and just added more (DT's pods) but this is nice insurance

Pufferpunk wrote:Lucky!