So...my first sick fish.
- Purchased last Saturday (10/24) from a well known large LFS, very clean tank with multiple other inhabitants all looking healthy.
- Yesterday (10/29) at around 8am I noticed his eye was looking a tad white and swollen.
- started researching and found the possible options of pop eye/eye injury
- by 12pm wife was texting me saying eye was very white and more swollen
- by 3pm wife texted me saying she was pretty sure the eye was gone, and i confirmed she was correct around 5pm when i got home.
so now what? I was rushing to set up an old 20g tank as a QT last night but now im not convinced its necessary (please dont shame me, i don't QT normally...). It's behavior has not changed from normal at any point this week or even now with an eye gone, skimming along the rocks picking for food, eating and hiding in some caves at times. Occasionally bumping into my clowns but they gently nudge it back in the right direction.
Maybe i can have another wrasse now since this one wont be able to see it? LOL
Tank is a 3 month old 40g AIO, params at time fish was added are below. numbers are very stable but I will check again this afternoon:
temp - 78.6
salinity - 34ppm
nitrates - 5
phos - 0.17
other fish:
2x ocellaris
1x firefish
1x bangai cardinal
1x diamond goby
all other inabitants are healthy and acting normal
- Purchased last Saturday (10/24) from a well known large LFS, very clean tank with multiple other inhabitants all looking healthy.
- Yesterday (10/29) at around 8am I noticed his eye was looking a tad white and swollen.
- started researching and found the possible options of pop eye/eye injury
- by 12pm wife was texting me saying eye was very white and more swollen
- by 3pm wife texted me saying she was pretty sure the eye was gone, and i confirmed she was correct around 5pm when i got home.
so now what? I was rushing to set up an old 20g tank as a QT last night but now im not convinced its necessary (please dont shame me, i don't QT normally...). It's behavior has not changed from normal at any point this week or even now with an eye gone, skimming along the rocks picking for food, eating and hiding in some caves at times. Occasionally bumping into my clowns but they gently nudge it back in the right direction.
Maybe i can have another wrasse now since this one wont be able to see it? LOL
Tank is a 3 month old 40g AIO, params at time fish was added are below. numbers are very stable but I will check again this afternoon:
temp - 78.6
salinity - 34ppm
nitrates - 5
phos - 0.17
other fish:
2x ocellaris
1x firefish
1x bangai cardinal
1x diamond goby
all other inabitants are healthy and acting normal