Bloated yellow watchman Goby

[Amb3rAl3rt]

Hi everyone, my name is amber and I am new to the reef2reef community. I’ve been interested in purchasing a yellow watchman goby to hopefully pair with my pistol shrimp. I finally found one at the LFS; however, its’ belly seems oddly bloated. The aquatic specialist was nice and agreed to a 35% discount. I decided to purchase him in hopes to give the little guy a chance at life and nurse him back to health if possible. Would anyone know what could be potentially wrong and what y’all would recommend as far as treatment? thank you in advance !

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi everyone, my name is amber and I am new to the reef2reef community. I’ve been interested in purchasing a yellow watchman goby to hopefully pair with my pistol shrimp. I finally found one at the LFS; however, its’ belly seems oddly bloated. The aquatic specialist was nice and agreed to a 35% discount. I decided to purchase him in hopes to give the little guy a chance at life and nurse him back to health if possible. Would anyone know what could be potentially wrong and what y’all would recommend as far as treatment? thank you in advance !

Personally I would take it back. Boating is never good and these fish suffer from Edema which there will be weight loss in lieu of what you have however this can be constipation especially if the fish was being fed dry foods like pellets, If you choose to keep it, you can Not feed it for 24 hours and see if bloating goes down OR feed it brine shrimp which acts as a laxative. No feeding is my choice