What is wrong with my blenny?

[randyreef93]

My blenny is no longer zooming around the tank, in fact he isn’t moving much at all, I’ve seen my shrimps go for him a little - is he dying?

He is breathing ever so slightly, is it too late to try help and revive him?

 

[randyreef93]

My blenny is no longer zooming around the tank, in fact he isn’t moving much at all, I’ve seen my shrimps go for him a little - is he dying?

He is breathing ever so slightly, is it too late to try help and revive him?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Its very skinny, its not been eating. #fishmedics

 

[Biokabe]

Per the second image... it's probably dead.

Looks like a red ruby dragonet red scooter blenny, which are primarily pod eaters. Not to the same extent as mandarins, but they need a pretty heavy pod population to prey upon, or they need to be weaned onto frozen foods. It's supposedly easier to do with them than it is with the wild-caught mandarins, but either way they're difficult fish with challenging food requirements.

ETA: corrected fish species.

 

[Sharkbait19]

As said, the dragonet is dead/dying after having starved.
They have a very specific diet and need a lot of pods in a day to keep going. Once they consume the whole population, they would soon starve themselves. They need deceptively large and well established tanks to thrive.

Per the second image... it's probably dead.

Looks like a red ruby dragonet red scooter blenny, which are primarily pod eaters. Not to the same extent as mandarins, but they need a pretty heavy pod population to prey upon, or they need to be weaned onto frozen foods. It's supposedly easier to do with them than it is with the wild-caught mandarins, but either way they're difficult fish with challenging food requirements.

ETA: corrected fish species.

Correct me if I’m wrong, aren’t the ruby dragonet and red scooter blenny the same species anyway?

 

[Biokabe]

As said, the dragonet is dead/dying after having starved.
They have a very specific diet and need a lot of pods in a day to keep going. Once they consume the whole population, they would soon starve themselves. They need deceptively large and well established tanks to thrive.

Correct me if I’m wrong, aren’t the ruby dragonet and red scooter blenny the same species anyway?

No, different species. Ruby red is Synchiropus sycorax, red scooter is Synchiropus stellatus. Very similar appearance and basically the same husbandry, but not the same.

Ruby red is more of a solid red with small white spots and yellow 'trim' on the fins. Red scooter is more of a tiled white with big red splotches and darker trim along the fins.