Engineer goby thick slime?!

[ArnoldosAquariums]

I moved my 40 gallon tank and the engineer goby wasn’t thrilled. But everything looks good. I made the mistake of adding a rock after I cleaned it and it spiked the alkalinity and calcium. Today I find him breathing visibly which he’s usually done but his skin looks horrible… It started with a little patch shortly after I moved them and has been getting progressively worse so I’m not sure if it’s the alkalinity and calcium spike or something else.

Everything else in the tank looks good however.

Or is this the thick mucus that they are known to make?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I moved my 40 gallon tank and the engineer goby wasn’t thrilled. But everything looks good. I made the mistake of adding a rock after I cleaned it and it spiked the alkalinity and calcium. Today I find him breathing visibly which he’s usually done but his skin looks horrible… It started with a little patch shortly after I moved them and has been getting progressively worse so I’m not sure if it’s the alkalinity and calcium spike or something else.

Everything else in the tank looks good however.

Or is this the thick mucus that they are known to make?

Any other animals in with it? How do they look?
Could it have gotten damaged during the capture and move?
Jay

 

[ArnoldosAquariums]

Any other animals in with it? How do they look?
Could it have gotten damaged during the capture and move?
Jay

Not damaged during capturing move. Everything else looks super healthy

 

[ArnoldosAquariums]

This form is pure crickets…