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I forgot him in the salt bath!

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I've been doing salt baths to treat some gill fungus. 2tsp/ per liter, 10 minutes each. jsut bumped up to twice a day.

This morning turned hectic and I ended up forgetting about him until I was about to leave for work!! he was in for 22 minutes :-((

Everything says no more than 15 or horrible things can happen to their gillls and skin. Is there anything I can do at this point to make sure he's okay? HE looks okay, but is this like a chemical burn type thing that will take hours to come on? I'm really worried.

I can't believe I DID THAT!!! :mad:
 
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Since you're using a milder solution (2 tsp instead of 3), and it wasn't hours, I don't think it'll be too much of a problem. Just keep an eye on him.
 
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oh thank goodness! I was hoping that was the case. hopefully all will be well with him when I get home tonight.
 
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good luck with your axie sure he will be fine! I also have chaos in my house with 2 kids running around and found setting an alarm a perfect reminder for me as I would never remember when time was up :happy:
 
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I did that one time and FREAKED out, never do it again always set an alarm now. Zues survived and was fine ( I felt horrible). I used a weak solution like you did and left him there for 30mins.
 
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well it's been several days and he seems fine. I finished the salt baths and he's back in his tank again. His gills look good! hopefully the pesky fungus will be gone for good this time....we'll see. If I do have to use salt baths again, I'll absolutely be setting a timer.
 
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