I'm really at a loss with this one... My tassled filefish has been with me for almost two years, and I have never seen him behaving like this. My parameters are in check with where they usually are:
salinity: 34.2
pH: 8.0 - 8.3 (currently 8.25)
Temp: 76.8
Alk: 7.69
Ca: 428
Mg: 1324
NO3: (I'll update after I test these, but probably 2.5)
PO4: (I'll update after I test these, but probably 0.1)
He didn't eat last night, and he didn't eat this morning (which is SUPER strange for him... He's not a small fish).
Here's a video of him this morning when I fed the tank:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/29NopYzLyZqQoZFU6
After I saw him swimming like that, I started to grow very concerned. I don't see anything physically wrong with him, so I suppose it could be something internal (or perhaps a spinal injury?).
I pulled him out of the display (poor guy didn't even try to swim away from the net ), and I gave him a 90 minute bath in Ruby Reef Rally Pro (1 tsp per gallon, aerated). After the bath, I put him in the sump (just so he doesn't get blasted by the powerheads / picked on). This is a video of him in the sump:
Does anyone have any idea what might cause him to behave like this? From Humble.fish's website, it seems like this could be a spinal injury? It absolutely devastates me to see him struggling like this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
salinity: 34.2
pH: 8.0 - 8.3 (currently 8.25)
Temp: 76.8
Alk: 7.69
Ca: 428
Mg: 1324
NO3: (I'll update after I test these, but probably 2.5)
PO4: (I'll update after I test these, but probably 0.1)
He didn't eat last night, and he didn't eat this morning (which is SUPER strange for him... He's not a small fish).
Here's a video of him this morning when I fed the tank:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/29NopYzLyZqQoZFU6
After I saw him swimming like that, I started to grow very concerned. I don't see anything physically wrong with him, so I suppose it could be something internal (or perhaps a spinal injury?).
I pulled him out of the display (poor guy didn't even try to swim away from the net ), and I gave him a 90 minute bath in Ruby Reef Rally Pro (1 tsp per gallon, aerated). After the bath, I put him in the sump (just so he doesn't get blasted by the powerheads / picked on). This is a video of him in the sump:
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photos.app.goo.gl
Does anyone have any idea what might cause him to behave like this? From Humble.fish's website, it seems like this could be a spinal injury? It absolutely devastates me to see him struggling like this. Any help is greatly appreciated.