It seems I just can't catch a breath and it's really starting to wear me out.
As some of you may remember, I've been dealing with a bad case of fin rot in my humu triggerfish about two months ago. I treated with Furan-2 and he pulled through and actually improved - his appetite also returned, something I had been concerned about. His damaged fin healed great and is almost completely repaired! His eyes kept some cloudyness that just wouldn't go away; I figured it might just need more time to heal? Since the Furan cleared all infections on the fin but no the eye, I thought maybe it wasn't actually infection-based cloudy eye or a different strain of bacteria, but that seemed weird since it helped so great on his fin - it also didn't get worse.
Overall he seemed to be back to really good shape. Behavior absolutely normal.
However, we had to move house. I was really worried about it (especially putting that stress on a fish that's JUST been through disease) and as it turns it, rightly so.
Tomorrow we're coming up on three weeks since we moved the tank. I've been checking water parameters every day and they're good. I kept about all the water during the move and did a 50% wc 4 days later. I did another 25% wc another 1.5 weeks later (3 days ago). I've been dosing Seachem Stability and Prime as a precaution.
The humu has been severely pacing since the move. It got really worse when I turned on the light so I made the probable mistake of keeping them off and the ambient low, to calm him down while he adjusts. I was so worried that the stress will make him sick. Turns out, it *might* have been better to just have him work through it with lights on from day one instead of prolonging the whole thing by two weeks. I've returned to a normal light-night cycle about 4 days ago. The pacing has seemed to have calmed somewhat, but he's still doing it way more than I'd like. So overall, stress levels in the tank are still fairly high and while there's no fighting and the two fish ignore each other, the stressed humu is definitely affecting the blenny, too.
Today I noticed his eyes have gotten worse. Otherwise no external signs of disease.
Yesterday I noticed several really small black spots on one side of the blenny's face. No spots on the other side nor elsewhere on the body as far as I cansee. I've seen him flash once or twice (but obviously haven't been observing him 24/7). They really look more like freckles than anything else. Not raised.
Both fish are eating happily. Poop looks normal. I've also been adding vitamins and have been slightly overfeeding to boost their immune systems.
Neither of them is swimming in the water flow/gasping at surface nor avoids light (so I'm hoping it's not velvet *knock on wood*).
I know cloudy eyes can be caused by stress. I've searched the forum and it also came up with high ammonia, low pH, and flukes. What else could be causing the eyes to become cloudy(ier)?
Could flukes cause really small black spots on the blenny? Or could it be black ich? What's puzzling me is that so far it's really only on one side of his face (which, obviously, can change) and I have not observed him scratch his head - only the body. If it was flukes or black ich, how fast would more black spots develop? How fast do I need to act? (as in: I know for things like velvet or ich one should act IMMEDIATELY). What else could be causing these?
I'm reluctant to do a FW dip to look for possible flukes as I really really don't want to add even more stress to already severely stressed out fish.
Should I do a round of Prazipro/General Cure for possible flukes as - as I understand it - it might also tackle possible black ich? Any concerns considering the fish, particularly the humu, are still adjusting to their new environment and particularly the humu seems to be having a really hard time? Would that possibly help with the cloudy eyes even if they're not caused by flukes?
Alternatively I was considering doing a round of Melafix for the cloudy eyes - but that was before I noticed the black spots on the blenny. Any concerns? Would that possibly further increase the stress level?
Reluctant to do another round of antibiotics since the last ones were quite hard on him. But if it came to it - Erythromycin?
Any advice is really appreciated. Thank you!
#reefsquad
PS: I'll try to get pictures tomorrow
As some of you may remember, I've been dealing with a bad case of fin rot in my humu triggerfish about two months ago. I treated with Furan-2 and he pulled through and actually improved - his appetite also returned, something I had been concerned about. His damaged fin healed great and is almost completely repaired! His eyes kept some cloudyness that just wouldn't go away; I figured it might just need more time to heal? Since the Furan cleared all infections on the fin but no the eye, I thought maybe it wasn't actually infection-based cloudy eye or a different strain of bacteria, but that seemed weird since it helped so great on his fin - it also didn't get worse.
Overall he seemed to be back to really good shape. Behavior absolutely normal.
However, we had to move house. I was really worried about it (especially putting that stress on a fish that's JUST been through disease) and as it turns it, rightly so.
Tomorrow we're coming up on three weeks since we moved the tank. I've been checking water parameters every day and they're good. I kept about all the water during the move and did a 50% wc 4 days later. I did another 25% wc another 1.5 weeks later (3 days ago). I've been dosing Seachem Stability and Prime as a precaution.
The humu has been severely pacing since the move. It got really worse when I turned on the light so I made the probable mistake of keeping them off and the ambient low, to calm him down while he adjusts. I was so worried that the stress will make him sick. Turns out, it *might* have been better to just have him work through it with lights on from day one instead of prolonging the whole thing by two weeks. I've returned to a normal light-night cycle about 4 days ago. The pacing has seemed to have calmed somewhat, but he's still doing it way more than I'd like. So overall, stress levels in the tank are still fairly high and while there's no fighting and the two fish ignore each other, the stressed humu is definitely affecting the blenny, too.
Today I noticed his eyes have gotten worse. Otherwise no external signs of disease.
Yesterday I noticed several really small black spots on one side of the blenny's face. No spots on the other side nor elsewhere on the body as far as I cansee. I've seen him flash once or twice (but obviously haven't been observing him 24/7). They really look more like freckles than anything else. Not raised.
Both fish are eating happily. Poop looks normal. I've also been adding vitamins and have been slightly overfeeding to boost their immune systems.
Neither of them is swimming in the water flow/gasping at surface nor avoids light (so I'm hoping it's not velvet *knock on wood*).
I know cloudy eyes can be caused by stress. I've searched the forum and it also came up with high ammonia, low pH, and flukes. What else could be causing the eyes to become cloudy(ier)?
Could flukes cause really small black spots on the blenny? Or could it be black ich? What's puzzling me is that so far it's really only on one side of his face (which, obviously, can change) and I have not observed him scratch his head - only the body. If it was flukes or black ich, how fast would more black spots develop? How fast do I need to act? (as in: I know for things like velvet or ich one should act IMMEDIATELY). What else could be causing these?
I'm reluctant to do a FW dip to look for possible flukes as I really really don't want to add even more stress to already severely stressed out fish.
Should I do a round of Prazipro/General Cure for possible flukes as - as I understand it - it might also tackle possible black ich? Any concerns considering the fish, particularly the humu, are still adjusting to their new environment and particularly the humu seems to be having a really hard time? Would that possibly help with the cloudy eyes even if they're not caused by flukes?
Alternatively I was considering doing a round of Melafix for the cloudy eyes - but that was before I noticed the black spots on the blenny. Any concerns? Would that possibly further increase the stress level?
Reluctant to do another round of antibiotics since the last ones were quite hard on him. But if it came to it - Erythromycin?
Any advice is really appreciated. Thank you!
#reefsquad
PS: I'll try to get pictures tomorrow
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