Do you have any medication in the tank - it's hard to see from the picture - does he have any spots, etc. Breathing ok? One hour should not be enough to 'bring on a disease' -so I would wonder about a salinity change, ammonia, etc. It's hard to recommend any 'treatment' except starting a routine copper followed by Prazipro protocol - OR - wait to see if it resolves. I would check your parameters as wellI just got this goby yesterday and I see no signs of visible illness. My very trustworthy LFS had him for just over 1 month with no issues so I was pretty confident he was healthy. About one hour into the tank he started flashing and is doing it often. Since they had him over a month and I see no signs other signs of illness, I’m not sure what treatment to route to go. Doesn’t seem to have difficulty breathing either.
No visible signs of illness and he seems to be breathing normally. The only sign I notice is the flashing. Ammonia is 0 in the tank. Could it have been ammonia burn from the transport in bag? I haven’t dosed any medications yet because I assumed he was healthy from LFS since he was there for so long and they didn’t observe signs of illness.
I’m also wondering if it was a change in salinity from his tank to mine. Is there anything I should do if this is the case? Or just observe and let it resolve in QT on its own unless other signs appear?
It could just be the glass floor, etc. But flashing is usually a sign of something - I wouldn't think ammonia if it wasn't multiple hours in the bag. I would not necessarily count the time in the store - as sometimes they use a lower sodium or copper in their tanks. I would consider the usual copper/prazipro protocol as compared to observation.
I think waiting would be the only thing - you could call the store and find out what they run their tanks at and if they use any copper, etc
One thing may be lack of sand in which you want to add a bowl of sand for itI just got this goby yesterday and I see no signs of visible illness. My very trustworthy LFS had him for just over 1 month with no issues so I was pretty confident he was healthy. About one hour into the tank he started flashing and is doing it often. Since they had him over a month and I see no signs other signs of illness, I’m not sure what treatment to route to go. Doesn’t seem to have difficulty breathing either.
I made the mistake of putting him in the DT since he was at LFS so long and moved him to QT when I saw flashing. So he was flashing on the sand bed. I actually haven’t seen the behavior yet in the QT without sand. I did realize that the LFS is running tanks at low salinity and mine is 35 ppt. He is eating well and was sifting sand when in the DT so I was hesitant to medicate yet and didn’t really know if I should do Prazi or copper since there’s no other signs of illness.
Have it ready but do a 24/48 hour observation as fish is eating
Curious - how long was he in the DT?
He was in the DT overnight but less than 24 hours. I’m already watching the other fish for signs of illness and I’ve dosed the QT with Prazipro. I was hesitant for copper treatment since there’s no other signs of illness but will see how he is after the Prazi treatment.
