5 days ago I added a yellow coris wrasse and 2 red head gobies to my reef tank. It finally emerged from the sand today, but it looks like its in bad shape based on its behavior. Outwardly it looks fine - no signs of abuse of any kind, no swollen abdomen, and no indication of external parasites. Gills are neither burned or inflamed and fins are perfectly intact... However, it just lays on the sandbed. I noticed that every few minutes it was shifting position, but was always laying sideways. As I watched I noticed that it was swimming in an unnatural way - corkscrew in nature. I've captured a video of its movement now that I took it out of the tank - Something that I was able to do just by reaching in... no struggle at all.
Any ideas what's going on? I'm keeping a close on it and notice that its breathing will slow down and eventually stop. Usually when that happens, about 30 seconds later, the fish will try to swim again. I'm afraid that its not going to make it.
Here are all of my parameters that I can test for:
Ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 0ppm (all using basic api marine test kit).
Alk 9.9 dkH, Ca2+ 469 (using hanna checkers). These are high because of a spike 2 days ago when I incorrectly dosed the tank, bringing alk up to 10.7. I did a 25% water change right away. Oddly enough the alk didn't change at all (totally different story but I assure you that the tests were done and read correctly). It dropped to 10.6 yesterday and 9.9 today. No other fish have shown any sign of issues. Just wanted to provide all the info I could.
Any help or suggestions that you can give would be much appreciated.
Any ideas what's going on? I'm keeping a close on it and notice that its breathing will slow down and eventually stop. Usually when that happens, about 30 seconds later, the fish will try to swim again. I'm afraid that its not going to make it.
Here are all of my parameters that I can test for:
Ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 0ppm (all using basic api marine test kit).
Alk 9.9 dkH, Ca2+ 469 (using hanna checkers). These are high because of a spike 2 days ago when I incorrectly dosed the tank, bringing alk up to 10.7. I did a 25% water change right away. Oddly enough the alk didn't change at all (totally different story but I assure you that the tests were done and read correctly). It dropped to 10.6 yesterday and 9.9 today. No other fish have shown any sign of issues. Just wanted to provide all the info I could.
Any help or suggestions that you can give would be much appreciated.