I have a 100gl tank- 1 red lip blenny, 3 emerald crabs, 3 clown fish, 1 CBS, 6 nassarius snails, and a dozen or so hermit crabs.
Saturday- Got my blenny, he looked great. After a few hours of having him it looked like he was swimming up to and laying next to the CBS as if asking the shrimp to clean him. I may have seen the CBS nip the blenny once.
Sunday- Blenny was great, out and eating all day, looked perfect. Only thing that was weird was that we saw a snail climb onto him so the blenny shook him off, moved a few inches and then the snail climbed onto him again so the blenny shook him off again. CBS had both of his big claws. Blenny was still swimming up and sitting next to the shrimp.
Monday- Lights turned on in the morning and couldn’t find the blenny for hours. Once we did find him we could only see his face and it looked like he was hyperventilating. The CBS had both his big claws missing. Saw the blenny go up to the shrimp once very briefly. I think I saw the blenny flash his side on the rocks and sand a few times. I didn’t notice anything weird about his physical appearance but he could have just been moving too quickly.
Tuesday- Blenny hid most of the day but started to come out and eat. We saw massive fin damage and what we thought was a cyst on his side.
Wednesday- Has been much more active, coming out and eating but his fins are messed up bad, it doesn’t look worse than yesterday but we were able to get a better look at it today. What appeared to be the cyst on Tuesday is looking more like a flesh wound now but I’m still not sure.
Was he attacked by the CBS, was he sick and something started eating him, or is there any kind of disease that it would be possible to cause so much damage in such a short period of time? And what should I do?
I have definitely ruled the clowns out as I have watched for hours upon hours and they haven’t payed any attention to him. I have not witnessed the blenny and anything fighting.
Pictures are from today-Wednesday(30Dec20)
Saturday- Got my blenny, he looked great. After a few hours of having him it looked like he was swimming up to and laying next to the CBS as if asking the shrimp to clean him. I may have seen the CBS nip the blenny once.
Sunday- Blenny was great, out and eating all day, looked perfect. Only thing that was weird was that we saw a snail climb onto him so the blenny shook him off, moved a few inches and then the snail climbed onto him again so the blenny shook him off again. CBS had both of his big claws. Blenny was still swimming up and sitting next to the shrimp.
Monday- Lights turned on in the morning and couldn’t find the blenny for hours. Once we did find him we could only see his face and it looked like he was hyperventilating. The CBS had both his big claws missing. Saw the blenny go up to the shrimp once very briefly. I think I saw the blenny flash his side on the rocks and sand a few times. I didn’t notice anything weird about his physical appearance but he could have just been moving too quickly.
Tuesday- Blenny hid most of the day but started to come out and eat. We saw massive fin damage and what we thought was a cyst on his side.
Wednesday- Has been much more active, coming out and eating but his fins are messed up bad, it doesn’t look worse than yesterday but we were able to get a better look at it today. What appeared to be the cyst on Tuesday is looking more like a flesh wound now but I’m still not sure.
Was he attacked by the CBS, was he sick and something started eating him, or is there any kind of disease that it would be possible to cause so much damage in such a short period of time? And what should I do?
I have definitely ruled the clowns out as I have watched for hours upon hours and they haven’t payed any attention to him. I have not witnessed the blenny and anything fighting.
Pictures are from today-Wednesday(30Dec20)