Hey all, I'm in a bit of a pickle here.
I have a Yellowband Velvet Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus Luteovittatus) the wife picked up on Friday. He's having a tough time staying upright and breathing very heavy, not swimming. I spent the last two hours holding him and moving him back and forth to keep water flowing over his gills.
Here's the sitch so far:
10G primary and secondary QT tanks
Temp at 77.2, Sal 1.026 (34ppt)
First QT was DT water (SG 1.026 / Nitrates ~2 / 0 Ammonia / Ca 400 / Kh 8.5 / Po 0.06 / Mg 1380)
Second (current) QT is fresh Red Sea Coral Pro / 1.026 (34ppt), always use RODI, everything functioning properly there.
Each DT has its own filter, heater, airstone, ammonia alert badge, thermometer, airline. Only shared equipment is the air pump itself (with check valve). First QT had sponges in the HOB seeded from the sump on the DT. At no time did the AA badges show any color but yellow (one was a new AA badge, the other is about 2mo old and never dried out).
On Friday:
Before I got him, he had spent a week in QT at a very reputable LFS. No issues with anything from there. Called the manager this afternoon, no other fish sharing the same tank or common tank infrastructure were showing any signs of infection.
Any thoughts, #Reefsquad ? What did I miss? My only thought is that the flukes did too much damage to the gills, I'll get some MB in the morning *if* he makes it through the night.
I have a Yellowband Velvet Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus Luteovittatus) the wife picked up on Friday. He's having a tough time staying upright and breathing very heavy, not swimming. I spent the last two hours holding him and moving him back and forth to keep water flowing over his gills.
Here's the sitch so far:
10G primary and secondary QT tanks
Temp at 77.2, Sal 1.026 (34ppt)
First QT was DT water (SG 1.026 / Nitrates ~2 / 0 Ammonia / Ca 400 / Kh 8.5 / Po 0.06 / Mg 1380)
Second (current) QT is fresh Red Sea Coral Pro / 1.026 (34ppt), always use RODI, everything functioning properly there.
Each DT has its own filter, heater, airstone, ammonia alert badge, thermometer, airline. Only shared equipment is the air pump itself (with check valve). First QT had sponges in the HOB seeded from the sump on the DT. At no time did the AA badges show any color but yellow (one was a new AA badge, the other is about 2mo old and never dried out).
On Friday:
- FW Dip, flukes confirmed (the small wormy gill flukes, not sesame-seed shaped) along with some isopods (munnid, not that it matters... the wrasse ate them in seconds)
- Had a little trouble coming out of the FW dip, a simple gentle hold and back-and-forth motion going into the SW and he was fine.
- Ate like a pig (LRS Reef Frenzy with some Vita-Chem added) 2x (like 3pm and 8pm)
- Normal, energetic swimming interspersed with 30-60 minute periods of chilling out in the PVC tube.
- Ate well, fed 4x. Pooping observed, whitish but not stringy.
- Started a round of GC instead of Prazi alone- Figured the Metro would help with a potential bac infection from the previous day's FW dip results and any subsequent fluke detachments.
- Swimming a little less energetically but didn't seem like cause for concern.
- No visible signs of Ich, Velvet, Brook, Worms or Uronema.
- Still eating well but not coming out as often.
- Noticed him having trouble staying upright, occasionally would go to the corner of the tank and go vertical, head up.
- 2nd dose of GC in the (very early) AM.
- Still eating, but not swimming much today. Popped in a cube of Rotifers and watched him go berzerk for about a half hour.
- By mid-afternoon, was laying on his side, breathing heavily, barely moving.
- Did second FW dip (temp matched, pH matched)
- In between conference calls, I did "Fish PT", gently moving him back and forth through the water to get sufficient oxygen. 15 minutes of PT was about enough for an hour of semi-normal behavior.
- By tonight (9 PM or so), he was headed downhill fast. Made the decision to TTM him into pristine water. Now he looks like this:
Before I got him, he had spent a week in QT at a very reputable LFS. No issues with anything from there. Called the manager this afternoon, no other fish sharing the same tank or common tank infrastructure were showing any signs of infection.
Any thoughts, #Reefsquad ? What did I miss? My only thought is that the flukes did too much damage to the gills, I'll get some MB in the morning *if* he makes it through the night.
