Diamond Goby suddenly dying!

ToadstoolCoral155 · May 13, 2019

All my parameters are fine, and he starting trying to jump out of my tank several times and went straight to the top of the water. He immiediately lost the ability to keep his balance and he began drifting in the tank. I put him in a cup and dosed prime and he seems to have regained balance, please help! This all happened in minutes!

Mjrenz · May 13, 2019

He may have hurt himself, they are known jumpers and can hit things hard. Prime isn't going to do anything besides control ammonia. Do you have a pic of him?

ToadstoolCoral155 · May 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
He may have hurt himself, they are known jumpers and can hit things hard. Prime isn't going to do anything besides control ammonia. Do you have a pic of him?

There's nothing to show, he's just normal..

ToadstoolCoral155 · May 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
He may have hurt himself, they are known jumpers and can hit things hard. Prime isn't going to do anything besides control ammonia. Do you have a pic of him?

There's no sign of any blunt force trama, and whenever I put him back in the tank he keeps hopping out of the water nonstop.

I've put him in the tank filter on a flat soft surface when he cannot be harmed.

Mjrenz · May 13, 2019

Is he a new addition to the tank?

ToadstoolCoral155 · May 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
Is he a new addition to the tank?

Yes, about a week since I added him.
I remember hearing two loud thumps, is it common at all for fish to kill themselves via blunt force trauma?

Mjrenz · May 13, 2019

ToadstoolCoral155 said:
Yes, about a week since I added him.
I remember hearing two loud thumps, is it common at all for fish to kill themselves via blunt force trauma?

A goby is definitely prone to it, they will especially try to jump when they're in a new environment. I've lost a few from jumping

Mjrenz · May 13, 2019

How is he acting now?

ToadstoolCoral155 · May 13, 2019

Mjrenz said:
How is he acting now?

He's dead. He stopped breathing and began twitching, almost like a lizard. Only it's tail was twitching. It eventually stopped moving entirely.

Big G · May 13, 2019

Sorry for your loss. Fish have strokes, heart attacks, etc. just like us.

Mjrenz · May 13, 2019

I'm sorry about that, if you decide to try another one the best thing to do is provide them with the lowest stress environment that you can, turn off the light and make sure he has a few hiding places to choose from that he can call his own. They can be very spastic

LilElroyJetson · May 14, 2019

I can’t help but feel that it’s constant attempts to get out of the water indicate your water might be lacking oxygen and he was struggling to breathe.

Do you have other fish in the tank? If so, how are they doing?

ToadstoolCoral155 · May 14, 2019

LilElroyJetson said:
I can’t help but feel that it’s constant attempts to get out of the water indicate your water might be lacking oxygen and he was struggling to breathe.

Do you have other fish in the tank? If so, how are they doing?

I don't have fish, but I have plenty of coral. Though, I don't think lack of oxygen is the reason. Everything else is doing perfectly fine including sensitive coral/sponge.

Lack of oxygen still wouldn't explain why all of this went down in minutes, not over hours like oxygen might.

Pjones · May 14, 2019

This is strictly a guess. It could be a possible Toxin from a coral turf war, you said no other fish but plenty of coral I looked at some of your other posts and saw you have a 14 gallon tank a lot can happen in a short time in one that small.