Coral beauty laying on bottom

[ajremington68]

Hey, coral beauty used to had a couple strange white spots that was on dorsal fin and side fin, but they went away and @vetteguy53081 thought it might me lymphocystis. Now throughout and still the CB swam strange like he was fighting the current in the tank super hard. But none of the other fish has a problem so I thought it might be from the condition, it would still pick pods off the wall like regular. Until yesterday and today it has been laying in this patch of anthemic in the corner which is a low flow low light spot. And he is breathing okay and looking around just not swimming. Nothing appears to be on its body just laying on the bottom. What should I do? What could it be? Tank parameters are good phosphate level is a little high at 0.5 but they ussaly are 0.15. Already dosed phosphate-e to bring it down, and I have 4 other fish in the tank and they are doing just fine. What should I do???

 

[ajremington68]

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey, coral beauty used to had a couple strange white spots that was on dorsal fin and side fin, but they went away and @vetteguy53081 thought it might me lymphocystis. Now throughout and still the CB swam strange like he was fighting the current in the tank super hard. But none of the other fish has a problem so I thought it might be from the condition, it would still pick pods off the wall like regular. Until yesterday and today it has been laying in this patch of anthemic in the corner which is a low flow low light spot. And he is breathing okay and looking around just not swimming. Nothing appears to be on its body just laying on the bottom. What should I do? What could it be? Tank parameters are good phosphate level is a little high at 0.5 but they ussaly are 0.15. Already dosed phosphate-e to bring it down, and I have 4 other fish in the tank and they are doing just fine. What should I do???

pic quite fuzzy to clearly see fish but laying down is not a good sign as fish may be moribund and will not be able to eat or swim normally but a clear video of at least 20 seconds will help determine that.
Causes are stress, internal issue, aggression and even injury In which the fins and tail clearly show aggression damage and nipping, somethingf clowns often do.
What other fish are in the tank with it?
Phosphate not the issue

 

[ajremington68]

Video

 

[ajremington68]

pic quite fuzzy to clearly see fish but laying down is not a good sign as fish may be moribund and will not be able to eat or swim normally but a clear video of at least 20 seconds will help determine that.
Causes are stress, internal issue, aggression and even injury In which the fins and tail clearly show aggression damage and nipping, somethingf clowns often do.
What other fish are in the tank with it?
Phosphate not the issue

I have 2 clowns that are paired but not aggressive that I have seen, and a melanarus wrasse, and a yellow watchmen goby.

 

[ajremington68]

65 gallon tank. I can try getting it to move to see how it swims to see if that helps identify what is wrong

 

[ajremington68]

Well I got it to swim but it doesn’t look how it usually does, usually it’s like struggling to swim, and it isn’t swimming at all to catch a clip of it.

 

[ajremington68]

bump @vetteguy53081

 

[vetteguy53081]

Well I got it to swim but it doesn’t look how it usually does, usually it’s like struggling to swim, and it isn’t swimming at all to catch a clip of it.

Eye looks infected an either from ammonia burn or injury. The sudden darts in swimming suggest possible flukes. Prazi is safe to use IF its flukes

 

[ajremington68]

Eye looks infected an either from ammonia burn or injury. The sudden darts in swimming suggest possible flukes. Prazi is safe to use IF its flukes

Gotcha, assuming it had it from LFS or beyond, only cuz I test religiously twice a week and haven't had any ammonia in a long time... Is Prazi not good to use if it doesn't have flukes? How do I know for sure? It only ate pods off the wall before and isn't to fat so want it to get up and healthy very soon or I worry for its life.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Gotcha, assuming it had it from LFS or beyond, only cuz I test religiously twice a week and haven't had any ammonia in a long time... Is Prazi not good to use if it doesn't have flukes? How do I know for sure? It only ate pods off the wall before and isn't to fat so want it to get up and healthy very soon or I worry for its life.

It needs more than pods and prazi can be used although I do not recommend med use unless required

 

[ajremington68]

It needs more than pods and prazi can be used although I do not recommend med use unless required

What do you recommend for it with what you have been presented? What course of action do you think?

 

[vetteguy53081]

What do you recommend for it with what you have been presented? What course of action do you think?

You can add airstone for added oxygen and even take a water sample to a store that does NOT use Api kits and have them test your ammonia and nitrates and compare readings and confirm your readings are in safe range

 

[ajremington68]

Not getting better, has visible torn fins now, and has a white woot on his bottom fin and under his lip. Unsure what to do and don’t know if it’s past his point… I just grabbed him with my bare hand it didn’t try to swim away or anything but is still breathing

 

[ajremington68]

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