Sick filefish?

[Baby Ray]

Sorry I can only get my light to stay fully white for a couple seconds. I have him in this holding container

 

[Baby Ray]

Double post. And it seems like the video won’t work

 

[Baby Ray]

Here is an imagine I got with fully white lights.

I put him in this container to protect him from the flow.

He seems to be trying to bite onto the container to stabilize himself which is normal behavior

 

[Baby Ray]

He will occasionally go sideways in the container like this and then eventually muster the will power to right himself

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Here is an imagine I got with fully white lights.

I put him in this container to protect him from the flow.

He seems to be trying to bite onto the container to stabilize himself which is normal behavior

Yep - weird how these little filefish use their mouths to hold themselves steady.

All I could see was that it is really thin. I suspect there is some chronic issue that caused this, slow enough progression that you didn’t notice it at first.

 

[Baby Ray]

Quite literally last week I noticed how plump he was.

Before I put him in the tank I had a flat form issues but he was always snacking on them.

Still some in the tank and I’ve seen him take frozen food as well so it was a lack of food or pickiness

 

[Baby Ray]

I guess that all I can do is keep monitoring.

I hate not being able to take action to fix an issue. These little guys have so much personality.

Makes me sad watching him suffer.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I guess that all I can do is keep monitoring.

I hate not being able to take action to fix an issue. These little guys have so much personality.

Makes me sad watching him suffer.

Sorry, I just don’t see any treatable/actionable items here…..

 

[Fish Fan]

From my experience with this platform it could be hours, if not days before I get any sort of response from someone who can actually help and frankly I dont even know if he’ll make it that long.

I'm sorry, I'm not as knowledgable as the other Fish Medic guys, but I'm usually better about seeing these threads sooner

If in the future, for you or anyone who needs help, there's a sub-forum for fish disease where all the Fish Medic team is subscribed. Posting here is likely the quickest way to get their attention

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/fish-disease-treatment-and-diagnosis.771/

I hope your file fish improves; good luck!

 

[Baby Ray]

He’s basically only lying on his side now and sporadic breathing so it’s basically certain he won’t make it.

These little Pygmy white spotted filefish really have so much personality. It hurts a lot to see him like this.