Clown Goby white spot

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

Got this Clown goby from my local fish store today, is this normal?

 

[tbrown]

I assume you're referring to the face? That's not normal, no.

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

Do you think it is any desease?

 

[tbrown]

Do you think it is any desease?

I would say yes, either that or something has been bullying it.

@Jay Hemdal

 

[tbrown]

The tail and fins make it looks like a potential disease but I'm not great with identification. Maybe a marine velvet or ich.

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

I would say yes, either that or something has been bullying it.

@Jay Hemdal

I don’t know if it got bullied in the fish store but in my tank he is alone with an escenius bicolor and I haven’t seen any aggression

 

[vetteguy53081]

Got this Clown goby from my local fish store today, is this normal?

This fish is extremely thin and issue looks to be bacterial
Is it eating and what are you feeding it?
Treatment in a separate tank will be seachem neoplex

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

What would you do right now?

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

This fish is extremely thin and issue looks to be bacterial
Is it eating and what are you feeding it?
Treatment in a separate tank will be seachem neoplex

This fish is extremely thin and issue looks to be bacterial
Is it eating and what are you feeding it?
Treatment in a separate tank will be seachem neoplex

I have only fed him one time because I got him today and he ate actually quite a few frozen artemia shrimps

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

 

[vetteguy53081]

Eating is good…. Add plankton and even LRSfish frenzy to diet

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

Eating is good…. Add plankton and even LRSfish frenzy to diet

I will but plankton but I can’t really get my hands on LRS fish fenzy because I live in the EU

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

*buy

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

Do you think I need any kinds of filtration fir my quarantine tank?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Do you think I need any kinds of filtration fir my quarantine tank?

Hang on power filter always helpful

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Got this Clown goby from my local fish store today, is this normal?

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

The pale coloration and thin belly shows that this fish is in poor condition. I don’t see evidence of a parasitic disease (yet).

Is it feeding for you yet?

Here is the problem with these gobies; they live in coral branches. Each one only gets the fish collector 10 to 20 cents. The only way to catch them effectively at that price is to use cyanide to drive them out. This causes latent mortality that can be over 50% in the first 40 days. Then, because they are low value fish, they are just not handled well in the supply chain. I advise folks to avoid buying them.

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

The pale coloration and thin belly shows that this fish is in poor condition. I don’t see evidence of a parasitic disease (yet).

Is it feeding for you yet?

Here is the problem with these gobies; they live in coral branches. Each one only gets the fish collector 10 to 20 cents. The only way to catch them effectively at that price is to use cyanide to drive them out. This causes latent mortality that can be over 50% in the first 40 days. Then, because they are low value fish, they are just not handled well in the supply chain. I advise folks to avoid buying them

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

The pale coloration and thin belly shows that this fish is in poor condition. I don’t see evidence of a parasitic disease (yet).

Is it feeding for you yet?

Here is the problem with these gobies; they live in coral branches. Each one only gets the fish collector 10 to 20 cents. The only way to catch them effectively at that price is to use cyanide to drive them out. This causes latent mortality that can be over 50% in the first 40 days. Then, because they are low value fish, they are just not handled well in the supply chain. I advise folks to avoid buying them.

How often would you recommend feeding him every day?

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

The goby is eating

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

The goby is eating

What food is it eating? You should feed it as much food as it will accept, 3x a day.....

 

[HolyGrailTorch Lover]

He eats Mysis and Artemia shrimp and I will buy Plankton for him on Monday

Would you still recommend any treatment for him?