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My firefish has been with me for two years. It never hides. Several days ago it started hiding. I could see it in its usual cave so I just targeted the cave with a baster of food when I fed.
Today I lifted up his rock and he came out. I fed right away and he ate but not with the same enthusiasm as normal. I noticed that his tail has lost some muscle mass and his stomach is huge and bloated. He stayed out about a half hour before retreating to his cave again. This is not normal as he is always out and about. None of his tank mates were bullying or threatening him in any way. All other fish and inverts appear very normal.
All fish have been treated with Formalin bath, TTM and PraziPro. All livestock has been in the tank over a year. I did suddenly lose a Lubbocks wrasse that appeared and acted healthy about 6-8 weeks ago. I also lost a one spot foxface about a month ago. The Foxface was new. It was tiny and razor thin. It went through TTM, Prazi and the formalin dips. It never ate really well and 2 weeks after TTM I could see it was losing weight and not eating well. It was in a LFS with no copper for at least three weeks so I thought I would be safe to add it to the DT. It died a few days later.
That's the history, the question is what should I do with the firefish? I may have a chance at catching it in its cave. I am hoping I didn't introduce something to my DT with the foxface.
Thanks for the help
Today I lifted up his rock and he came out. I fed right away and he ate but not with the same enthusiasm as normal. I noticed that his tail has lost some muscle mass and his stomach is huge and bloated. He stayed out about a half hour before retreating to his cave again. This is not normal as he is always out and about. None of his tank mates were bullying or threatening him in any way. All other fish and inverts appear very normal.
All fish have been treated with Formalin bath, TTM and PraziPro. All livestock has been in the tank over a year. I did suddenly lose a Lubbocks wrasse that appeared and acted healthy about 6-8 weeks ago. I also lost a one spot foxface about a month ago. The Foxface was new. It was tiny and razor thin. It went through TTM, Prazi and the formalin dips. It never ate really well and 2 weeks after TTM I could see it was losing weight and not eating well. It was in a LFS with no copper for at least three weeks so I thought I would be safe to add it to the DT. It died a few days later.
That's the history, the question is what should I do with the firefish? I may have a chance at catching it in its cave. I am hoping I didn't introduce something to my DT with the foxface.
Thanks for the help