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Hi! I'm new to the forum and I need some help with one of my dragonface pipes. I tried posting on reefcentral but haven't gotten any help. I'm hoping someone here can show me which way to go from here.
I noticed yesterday that one of my two dragonface pipefish had some damage to the front of her nose.
I did some google searching and found that pipes and seahorses can get snoutrot. It looked similar, but I never saw any of the other symptoms (loss of appetite, swollen or locked jaw, discoloration). Just one day, she had a damaged nose. I tried feeding her baby brine shrimp and she went ahead sipping them up like nothing was wrong.
I posted a bit online hoping to get some advice, and when I woke up this morning, her nose looked even worse.
I noticed that every now and then, she'd start flailing against the glass, rubbing her stump of a snout all over the glass. It seemed to be doing more harm, like scratching a rash. Again, I tried feeding her directly to see if she'd eat, but this time before she had any reaction to the food, one of my peppermint shrimp got over excited about the possibility of food and spooked her. So I haven't yet found out what her appetite is today, or if she's even able to eat.
For now, I moved her into a quarantine tank so she wouldn't be bothered by the shrimp (they can get a little touchy-feely) and so that I can easily medicate if I need to. She was really docile and let me pick her up and handle her.
The other df pipe I have has been in the tank several months longer than this one and seems largely unaffected. He goes about his business and also has no discoloration or damage to the snout. It's the only reason I'm questioning whether or not this damage is snout rot, because it happened so fast and the other pipe is unaffected. My water parameters are all in the ideal range (I keep very close eye on them but if you guys want specifics I can get actual numbers).
Any ideas of what this might be? Should I be worried about my other pipefish? Any advice on what to do from here would be wonderful.
I noticed yesterday that one of my two dragonface pipefish had some damage to the front of her nose.
I did some google searching and found that pipes and seahorses can get snoutrot. It looked similar, but I never saw any of the other symptoms (loss of appetite, swollen or locked jaw, discoloration). Just one day, she had a damaged nose. I tried feeding her baby brine shrimp and she went ahead sipping them up like nothing was wrong.
I posted a bit online hoping to get some advice, and when I woke up this morning, her nose looked even worse.
I noticed that every now and then, she'd start flailing against the glass, rubbing her stump of a snout all over the glass. It seemed to be doing more harm, like scratching a rash. Again, I tried feeding her directly to see if she'd eat, but this time before she had any reaction to the food, one of my peppermint shrimp got over excited about the possibility of food and spooked her. So I haven't yet found out what her appetite is today, or if she's even able to eat.
For now, I moved her into a quarantine tank so she wouldn't be bothered by the shrimp (they can get a little touchy-feely) and so that I can easily medicate if I need to. She was really docile and let me pick her up and handle her.
The other df pipe I have has been in the tank several months longer than this one and seems largely unaffected. He goes about his business and also has no discoloration or damage to the snout. It's the only reason I'm questioning whether or not this damage is snout rot, because it happened so fast and the other pipe is unaffected. My water parameters are all in the ideal range (I keep very close eye on them but if you guys want specifics I can get actual numbers).
Any ideas of what this might be? Should I be worried about my other pipefish? Any advice on what to do from here would be wonderful.
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