Noticed that my wrasse was not coming out,. So, I looked around the tank, to see if it possibly jumped out while I had the lid halfway off for maintenance. Then started looking in sump, overflow, nothing. Then noticed it wedged in the rock work. Figured it was sleeping and let it be next, day samething still in the same spot of the rock. Which I thought strange. The wrasse was an ideal tank mate, left the clowns around, was always out an about. Feeding it ate didn’t bother or chase the clowns from the food.
So I thought maybe he’s stuck, could only see the tail fin. So I grabbed the bone cutters I had and made a bigger opening. Still wouldn’t come out. So in desperation I grabbed tweezers and got him out. There was blue slime. Possibly scales when I pulled him out. Or piece of fin. Was having trouble breathing, and swimming I held him in my hand for a few minutes and he swam off. Breathing normalized and he was hiding in his normal spot. Today he is dead. Not sure if he got stuck in the rock to where it was hurting him. Or if I made it worse, or if he had something like uronema or bacterial infection that made him hide like this. Pictures attached, what are your thought. The red patches and around gills.
So I thought maybe he’s stuck, could only see the tail fin. So I grabbed the bone cutters I had and made a bigger opening. Still wouldn’t come out. So in desperation I grabbed tweezers and got him out. There was blue slime. Possibly scales when I pulled him out. Or piece of fin. Was having trouble breathing, and swimming I held him in my hand for a few minutes and he swam off. Breathing normalized and he was hiding in his normal spot. Today he is dead. Not sure if he got stuck in the rock to where it was hurting him. Or if I made it worse, or if he had something like uronema or bacterial infection that made him hide like this. Pictures attached, what are your thought. The red patches and around gills.