Wrasse Swimming Drunk

[rutsky]

Is this little guy doomed? I got him a little over 2 weeks ago and he seemed okay until yesterday. Swimming upside down and sideways and laying on the sand bed briefly. He’s still eating but swimming odd

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Is this little guy doomed? I got him a little over 2 weeks ago and he seemed okay until yesterday. Swimming upside down and sideways and laying on the sand bed briefly. He’s still eating but swimming odd

Sorry, that does look like a classic case of UNWD. There currently is no cure for it.

Here is a thread on it:

Unknown Neurological Wrasse Disease (UNWD)

Unknown Neurological Wrasse disease (UNWD) There is a disease that afflicts newly acquired wrasses, usually Cirrhilabrus fairy wrasses or flasher wrasses, Pseudocheilinus, but occasionally other species as well. The gross visual symptoms are always the same; the fish shows a rapid onset of...

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