Lethargic slow breathing Midas Blenny

[soaresocaio]

Hello.

2 days ago I woke up to my Midas Blenny being lethargic at the bottom of the aquarium, since he wasn't reacting much I decided to move him to my QT, he didn't react for me reaching to him at all, he also doesn't eat. I've had him for about 2 month he was eating well up until that and I treat every fish in my QT before moving to my DT with hydroxychloroquine and PraziPro. All my other fish and corals are fine. #fishmedic

For some reason in this video he decided to swim a little, but he has been very quiet and lethargic.

Can someone please help me with that? I love him so much I don't want to lose him ):

Edit: I haven't seen any feces on the QT, today is the 3rd day.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello.

2 days ago I woke up to my Midas Blenny being lethargic at the bottom of the aquarium, since he wasn't reacting much I decided to move him to my QT, he didn't react for me reaching to him at all, he also doesn't eat. I've had him for about 2 month he was eating well up until that and I treat every fish in my QT before moving to my DT with hydroxychloroquine and PraziPro. All my other fish and corals are fine. #fishmedic

For some reason in this video he decided to swim a little, but he has been very quiet and lethargic.

Can someone please help me with that? I love him so much I don't want to lose him ):

Edit: I haven't seen any feces on the QT, today is the 3rd day.

I do not favor hydroxychloroquine especially with a fish like this and did you mix it with Prazi?
In addition, fish is a little thin and edema may have taken its place in which it feeds off its liver (only a possibility)

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hello.

2 days ago I woke up to my Midas Blenny being lethargic at the bottom of the aquarium, since he wasn't reacting much I decided to move him to my QT, he didn't react for me reaching to him at all, he also doesn't eat. I've had him for about 2 month he was eating well up until that and I treat every fish in my QT before moving to my DT with hydroxychloroquine and PraziPro. All my other fish and corals are fine. #fishmedic

For some reason in this video he decided to swim a little, but he has been very quiet and lethargic.

Can someone please help me with that? I love him so much I don't want to lose him ):

Edit: I haven't seen any feces on the QT, today is the 3rd day.

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

My trouble is, the symptoms the fish is showing don’t clearly line up with any of the typical diseases.

All the other fish in your DT are acting normally?

 

[soaresocaio]

I do not favor hydroxychloroquine especially with a fish like this and did you mix it with Prazi?
In addition, fish is a little thin and edema may have taken its place in which it feeds off its liver (only a possibility)

No I didn't mix, first hydroxychlorquine removed with AF charcoal and then Prazi. He is the fish that most ate at my DT, he suddenly stopped eating and started acting lethargic. I finished his quarentine almost 2 months ago. But added some new fish since then, all following the same quarentine routine, all the other fish are doing good.

Just to make it clear right now I have no medication on the quarentine. I just put him there to be safe and to try and help him recover.

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

My trouble is, the symptoms the fish is showing don’t clearly line up with any of the typical diseases.

All the other fish in your DT are acting normally?

Thanks!

All the other fish are normal, active and eating.

 

[vetteguy53081]

No I didn't mix, first hydroxychlorquine removed with AF charcoal and then Prazi. He is the fish that most ate at my DT, he suddenly stopped eating and started acting lethargic. I finished his quarentine almost 2 months ago. But added some new fish since then, all following the same quarentine routine, all the other fish are doing good.

Just to make it clear right now I have no medication on the quarentine. I just put him there to be safe and to try and help him recover.


Thanks!

All the other fish are normal, active and eating.

See if the behavior changes. Is breathing normal or shallow?
It must eat soon for best chances for recovery. Try live brine shrimp or blackworms

 

[soaresocaio]

See if the behavior changes. Is breathing normal or shallow?
It must eat soon for best chances for recovery. Try live brine shrimp or blackworms

For me it looks like shallow breathing.

It's already night here, I'll try to feed brine shrimp to him tomorrow morning.

 

[soaresocaio]

See if the behavior changes. Is breathing normal or shallow?
It must eat soon for best chances for recovery. Try live brine shrimp or blackworms

I tried feeding him brine shrimp and frozen fish roe with fish V. He became very agitated, but didn't seem to eat, tried early in the morning and a while ago, both times the same behavior very agitated, but not clearly eating, later I will try to record a video if that helps.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I tried feeding him brine shrimp and frozen fish roe with fish V. He became very agitated, but didn't seem to eat, tried early in the morning and a while ago, both times the same behavior very agitated, but not clearly eating, later I will try to record a video if that helps.

VIDEO WILL BE GREAT

 

[soaresocaio]

VIDEO WILL BE GREAT

I'm not at home right now, so my wife had to record and the recording is kinda bad.

Normal behaviour:

When we put some brine shrimp and fish roe:

As you can see he gets really agitated but doesn't necessarily get some of the food.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm not at home right now, so my wife had to record and the recording is kinda bad.

Normal behaviour:

When we put some brine shrimp and fish roe:

As you can see he gets really agitated but doesn't necessarily get some of the food.

light is extremely dark to clearly see anything. Need bright white light, no blue

 

[soaresocaio]

light is extremely dark to clearly see anything. Need bright white light, no blue

Ok new recording.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ok new recording.

I have a feeling this fish is now feeding off its liver and is lethargic

 

[soaresocaio]

I have a feeling this fish is now feeding off its liver and is lethargic

And at this point there is nothing else I can do?

 

[vetteguy53081]

And at this point there is nothing else I can do?

aDD AIR STONE AND KEEP LIGHTS LOW BUT IT MUST FEED FOR BEST CHANCES.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

And at this point there is nothing else I can do?

Sorry - I watched all of the videos and I still cannot see any "treatable" issue. This happens sometimes, but I don't like to "guess" at possible treatments. That it wasn't even taking live brine shrimp means that something is seriously wrong though....