Mark on Royal

[vittpsu21]

Only saw it about 5 minutes before lights went out so snapped as many pictures as I could. Apologies if they are terrible, I can get more tomorrow. This looks like he scraped himself maybe when he wedges himself in the weird butt rock formations he wedges into? I can’t really tell though and def not a ton of experience, he’s been in the tank about a year

 

[Fish Fan]

I think it might help to know what other tank mates this fish has

 

[vittpsu21]

Oh, um, 200 gal

2 clowns, 1 royal, 2 carpenter wrasse, 1 Solarensis wrasse, 4 pjs, 2 diamond gobies, 1 yellow watchman, 1 file fish, 1 firefish, yellow tang, Naso tang, and kole tang

Did notice the Kole bothering a few fish last week, but haven’t seen it since. Everyone’s eating and acting normal

I also glued frags down recently but I didn’t see any glue going around tho mine does dry very white like this the BRS stuff

 

[vetteguy53081]

Only saw it about 5 minutes before lights went out so snapped as many pictures as I could. Apologies if they are terrible, I can get more tomorrow. This looks like he scraped himself maybe when he wedges himself in the weird butt rock formations he wedges into? I can’t really tell though and def not a ton of experience, he’s been in the tank about a year

This is a nick or scratch injury and should heal on its own. Keep an eye on area for healing

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Only saw it about 5 minutes before lights went out so snapped as many pictures as I could. Apologies if they are terrible, I can get more tomorrow. This looks like he scraped himself maybe when he wedges himself in the weird butt rock formations he wedges into? I can’t really tell though and def not a ton of experience, he’s been in the tank about a year

I also think this is just a scratch. It's unlikely that the gramma did this to itself, since their normal habit is coral caves, they are well adapted to swimming amongst coral - another fish may have chased it.

Uronema can cause lesions like this, but those are usually reddish, and not seen in long term captive fish like that.

 

[Hinatasan]

I’d agree with the scratch/injury assessment, especially with the Kole tang bothering some of the other fish recently. I’d just keep an eye on it over the next few days to make sure it starts healing and doesn’t become red or develop any secondary infection. Hopefully it clears up quickly.

 

[vittpsu21]

It was absolutely a scrape, it is much better already at this point and hes out way more. Guessing one of the new tangs freaked him out or kicked him out of his 1 year old cave he was in. He has been way more normal and the spot has already faded quite a bit