Mercy killing?

[DexterKarin]

When is it time for a mercy killing? Have a lubbocks wrasse in qt with 3 others. 3 are doing fine. Wrasse now on side at bottom of tank. He rallied a bit for some food an hour ago but now on side again, sometimes belly up. He is in 2.25 ppm copper power for last 8 days. 100percent water change yesterday. Just don't know how long to let this go on.

 

[UMALUM]

Yesterday

 

[OrchidMiss]

Unfortunately, the above post does nothing to help you.
However, @vetteguy53081 and the others in the #fishmedic team can surely help.

 

[UMALUM]

Unfortunately fish don't come back from belly up.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Pictures and videos would help for diagnosis. The fish does sound moribund from the description, and there really isn’t much you can do at that point.

 

[vetteguy53081]

When is it time for a mercy killing? Have a lubbocks wrasse in qt with 3 others. 3 are doing fine. Wrasse now on side at bottom of tank. He rallied a bit for some food an hour ago but now on side again, sometimes belly up. He is in 2.25 ppm copper power for last 8 days. 100percent water change yesterday. Just don't know how long to let this go on.

Please post video of fish under white light intensity for best assessment. They dont do well in copper and best is chloroquine phosphate.

 

[DexterKarin]

Thanks... Not much to show. He's on his side. Ill get him out of the qt medicated tank into fresh nonmedicated rodi saltwater to see if i can reviive him. If not maybe done tomorrow.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

When is it time for a mercy killing? Have a lubbocks wrasse in qt with 3 others. 3 are doing fine. Wrasse now on side at bottom of tank. He rallied a bit for some food an hour ago but now on side again, sometimes belly up. He is in 2.25 ppm copper power for last 8 days. 100percent water change yesterday. Just don't know how long to let this go on.

The "rallying for food" sounds like this could be UNWD:

Unknown Neurological Wrasse Disease (UNWD)

Unknown Neurological Wrasse disease (UNWD) There is a disease that afflicts newly acquired wrasses, usually Cirrhilabrus fairy wrasses or flasher wrasses, Pseudocheilinus, but occasionally other species as well. The gross visual symptoms are always the same; the fish shows a rapid onset of...

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If it comes to it, here is a post on fish euthanasia:

Fish Euthanasia

Euthanasia Euthanasia is a word derived from two Greek words that roughly translates to “good death”. In other words, euthanasia is the painless killing of an organism. In general usage, there is also the underlying understanding that euthanasia is performed on terminal patients only. This...

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Jay

 

[DexterKarin]

Thank you Jay for info on UNWD. That is exactly the progression my guy went through. Since im relatively new, i thought the tail droop in wrasses was normal. I moved him to unmedicated water last night but no change .I will euthanize him this morning.