Friday morning I picked up a redhead solon fairy wrasse, drip acclimated him, and put him into quarantine. Within an hour, he ate a few pellets and some mysis, and was actively swimming around and checking things out. Yesterday he started hiding and not eating, and today he looks rough. Possibly relevant is that he's the second one I got- the first one was fine for a day and a half before he hid away and I found him dead. I did a water change and a round of testing (everything fine) before picking up another. The QT was cycled by adding a satchel of ceramic media that I keep in my display tank's sump. There's a shallow thing of sand and a few pieces of PVC for him to hide in, a HOB filter, air stone, heater, and powerhead. He's not interested in mysis so I'm thawing some oyster eggs in the hopes of enticing him to eat. I can't see that he has any white spots or obvious damage, he hasn't been swimming into the flow of the powerhead or playing near the air stone, and he's breathing maybe a little heavily but not rapidly. He's just laying at the bottom. I did a 2.5g water change this morning (10g tank) and water parameters are as follows: salinity 1.025, ammonia 0.2, nitrite 0, nitrate 2, pH 7.8. I think there's a teensy bit of ammonia because I fed a little heavy trying to get him to eat. I can do another small water change later after I mix up some more saltwater.
Now that I think I've covered all the pertinate details, what can I do to help my wrasse? A quick freshwater dip just in case he's got gill flukes? Go ahead and dose general cure in case of internal parasites? I don't want to lose another one! Help me out, fellow reefers!
Now that I think I've covered all the pertinate details, what can I do to help my wrasse? A quick freshwater dip just in case he's got gill flukes? Go ahead and dose general cure in case of internal parasites? I don't want to lose another one! Help me out, fellow reefers!