Midas Blenny With Edema

[StartingATank]

What do you think the life expectancy will be?

Sorry - I can’t hazard a guess.

So should I remove it from the tank. I would return it to my lfs just to see if they could possibly do anything to save it, but if you think they can’t, what should i do with it

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

So should I remove it from the tank. I would return it to my lfs just to see if they could possibly do anything to save it, but if you think they can’t, what should i do with it

I doubt the store can/will do anything for it.

You can continue to try and target feed it yo see if it can heal itself, but I’m doubtful.

 

[resortez]

Have you tried adding a rock for the blenny to perch on???? In my experience, having a rock to perch on provides a sense of security for the blenny.
Also tying a piece of seaweed onto that same rock or pvc fitting could help. Again, in my experience blennies love mowing down algae. Giving the fish a somewhat familiar setting can promote better health. Thats my $0.02.
Im going to assume your parameters are in good shape by the looks of the other fish & some good algae growth on the fittings. Hope it helps. Good luck

 

[StartingATank]

Have you tried adding a rock for the blenny to perch on???? In my experience, having a rock to perch on provides a sense of security for the blenny.
Also tying a piece of seaweed onto that same rock or pvc fitting could help. Again, in my experience blennies love mowing down algae. Giving the fish a somewhat familiar setting can promote better health. Thats my $0.02.
Im going to assume your parameters are in good shape by the looks of the other fish & some good algae growth on the fittings. Hope it helps. Good luck

I will get a piece of dry rock from my lfs next time I go, and my parameters are pretty good, except I have no idea what nitrates are because the only nitrate tester I have is Hanna

 

[StartingATank]

I will try the sea weed but I have never fed them nori before so he might not really eat it

 

[StartingATank]

Well I woke up this morning to find him lying completely still on the bottom, and I thought he was dead, and I was about to flush him down the toilet when he started flopping like crazy, so I moved him back into the tank with the net, and he is breathing, but it seems like he can’t move the rest of his body

 

[StartingATank]

He can only move his tail a little bit, but the breathing is very shallow and slow

 

[StartingATank]

And since he cannot move, he is stuck upside down

 

[StartingATank]

And now he has passed. He was my favorite fish so I am pretty upset