Engineer goby wound
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This is severe tissue loss and fish needs immediate treatment in a separate tank using seachem NeoplexWhat do we think this is?
This may have occurred within rocks and hopefully not from aggression
What other tank mates are in with it
Still eating?
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Ouch - with that much missing skin, the fish is going to have difficulty maintaining proper salt levels in its blood. When you move it to a treatment tank, you should lower the salinity to help it maintain osmotic balance - perhaps a SG of 1.020 or do.
Unable to help diagnose the injury, but I thought engineer gobies needed a deeper sand bed? Aside from the injury, Is yours comfortable in your tank with rock caves or perhaps a deeper section of sand? I think they're fascinating but thought they wouldn't be an option without going deep... This picture has me wondering if I can get one now
I'm wishing yours a quick recovery!
I'm wishing yours a quick recovery!
