Filefish

[TitusStar]

Hey y’all my filefish is on the sandbed and it is stressing out breathing hard. All parameters are stable. All other fish and inverts r okay, Coral and anenome are doing well. Is it possible the RBTA had fun and gave this guy a death blow. He is always curious and would eat my zoa and Duncan.


Sorry for poor quality images

 

[Sharkbait19]

Could you post a video?
A fish looking like that is typically at the point of being moribund. It is unlikely that the bta did it, they aren’t super powerful stingers.

 

[TitusStar]

Could you post a video?
A fish looking like that is typically at the point of being moribund. It is unlikely that the bta did it, they aren’t super powerful stingers.

 

[TitusStar]

Could you post a video?
A fish looking like that is typically at the point of being moribund. It is unlikely that the bta did it, they aren’t super powerful stingers.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This fish is not moribund and is breathing rapid which is associated with water quality but Moreso and my suspect - flukes which its often susceptible to. Some other signs of flukes are loss of appetite, scratching, darting across tank and lethargic behavior
Is fish eating ?

 

[TitusStar]

It hasn’t eaten in 2 days and today I found it on the sand tail up eyes murky and no breath :(

This fish is not moribund and is breathing rapid which is associated with water quality but Moreso and my suspect - flukes which its often susceptible to. Some other signs of flukes are loss of appetite, scratching, darting across tank and lethargic behavior
Is fish eating ?

 

[vetteguy53081]

It hasn’t eaten in 2 days and today I found it on the sand tail up eyes murky and no breath :(

Try Prazi Pro which is does well with. When using prazi, to be safe , dose at 80% of recommended and apply initial dosage known as an interval for 8 days, do a water change and do one more 8 day dose interval
Use airstone with prazi as it does reduce both oxygen and appetite. If running a skimmer, leave cup off first 24 hrs as skimmer will go nuts from the glycol solution in Prazi