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I'm at a loss, desperate, and absolutely terrified I'm going to lose my humu.
One week ago (Friday) my reef triggerfish suffered an accidental temperature drop shock that resulted in him damaging his caudal fin when trying to "shake awake" in his case and subsequently in fin rot. I started treating with Furan-2 on Monday afternoon after a >35% water change and finished the last dose yesterday (Thursday afternoon). I did dosages and water changes according to instructions. I've also been running additional O2 since last weekend.
On Tuesday I noticed he had also developed cloudy eyes. Up to that point he showed interest in food and appeared to be eating eagerly.
On Wednesday I noticed, that while he continued to show interest in food (searching for food, taking bites out of the frozen cubes I'm feeding), he did not actually eat his food. He kept nibbling it, but spitting it out again.
Also on Wednesday I noticed he had lost weight. This was a very buff fat fish before this whole thing started.
His pickyness regarding his food continued and on Thursday I started feeding Mysis, which he eagerly eats. I've been feeding Mysis pretty much continuously for the past two days. I've also gotten fresh scallop and shrimp and will try feeding it starting tomorrow, desperately hoping he'll eat those (he started ignoring the frozen Krill I usually feed him in addition to his cubes and which he used to love)
Over the course of the last week, he's lost probably half of his initial weight - he's gotten extremely thin.
Otherwise his behavior remained normal. He's doing "triggerfish things". His color looks very healthy (they turn pale when stressed). His fin seems to have improved - his eyes are still cloudy.
What could be causing this weight loss? Just him fighting the infection? The medication? Him re-growing fin tissue? He's gone without eating for a couple-three days before, without any problems ever. He's in an established tank and I had him for 2 years and 4 months. I have a hard time believing this could be caused by internal parasites after all this time and him being very healthy and fat? Additional internal infection? The antibiotics?
Please, any help and advice is really needed. I'm literally worried sick.
One week ago (Friday) my reef triggerfish suffered an accidental temperature drop shock that resulted in him damaging his caudal fin when trying to "shake awake" in his case and subsequently in fin rot. I started treating with Furan-2 on Monday afternoon after a >35% water change and finished the last dose yesterday (Thursday afternoon). I did dosages and water changes according to instructions. I've also been running additional O2 since last weekend.
On Tuesday I noticed he had also developed cloudy eyes. Up to that point he showed interest in food and appeared to be eating eagerly.
On Wednesday I noticed, that while he continued to show interest in food (searching for food, taking bites out of the frozen cubes I'm feeding), he did not actually eat his food. He kept nibbling it, but spitting it out again.
Also on Wednesday I noticed he had lost weight. This was a very buff fat fish before this whole thing started.
His pickyness regarding his food continued and on Thursday I started feeding Mysis, which he eagerly eats. I've been feeding Mysis pretty much continuously for the past two days. I've also gotten fresh scallop and shrimp and will try feeding it starting tomorrow, desperately hoping he'll eat those (he started ignoring the frozen Krill I usually feed him in addition to his cubes and which he used to love)
Over the course of the last week, he's lost probably half of his initial weight - he's gotten extremely thin.
Otherwise his behavior remained normal. He's doing "triggerfish things". His color looks very healthy (they turn pale when stressed). His fin seems to have improved - his eyes are still cloudy.
What could be causing this weight loss? Just him fighting the infection? The medication? Him re-growing fin tissue? He's gone without eating for a couple-three days before, without any problems ever. He's in an established tank and I had him for 2 years and 4 months. I have a hard time believing this could be caused by internal parasites after all this time and him being very healthy and fat? Additional internal infection? The antibiotics?
Please, any help and advice is really needed. I'm literally worried sick.