Engineering Goby

[themcnertney]

Thoughts on disease or injury? I vote injury.

My tank has been thru some stress lately with my 110 sump fail.

 

[themcnertney]

Current parameters...
Salinity 1.026
Alk 7 dKH
Cal 410 mg/L
NO3 0 mg/L
pH 7.8
Temp 77.6

 

[melypr1985]

Could be injury with severe swelling and some infection. You can dose Epsom salt to reduce the swelling some.
Epsom Salt: Treats eye and other injuries. Popeye in one eye usually means injury, but popeye in both eyes usually denotes a bacterial infection requiring antibiotic treatment. Cloudy eye can be a bacterial infection or flukes.

How To Treat - 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons of aquarium water. Repeat only once, if necessary. Use only “USP” grade Epsom salt.

Pros - Reef safe, as Epsom salt is just magnesium sulfate.

Cons/Side Effects - The effects of excessive sulfate in a reef aquarium are not fully known.

Is he still eating? Acting normally? No other damage to the body or fins?

 

[themcnertney]

Interesting.
Eating normal. Acting normal. No other damage to its fins or body from what I can see.

 

[melypr1985]

Interesting.
Eating normal. No other damage to its fins or body from what I can see.

Looks like he got his face smashed. Try the epsom salt for now. If he doesn't start looking better in a couple days you may need to treat in QT with antibiotics. Def add vitamins in his food (Selcon, Vitachem as examples) to help boost his immune system

 

[themcnertney]

Agreed. It's an injury. With the stress of the tank, I believe it made the cause of concern worse.

 

[themcnertney]

Is the picture good or should I try for some more angles?

 

[melypr1985]

Is the picture good or should I try for some more angles?

It's a heck of a lot better than most pictures I get. lol I stand by my "diagnosis" and treatment plan. If your worried you can put him in QT now and start with the antibiotics and epsom salt there. Totally fine to do that. Just be sure you treat for at least 10 days even if he looks better by then.... and remember that it may take longer than that to heal completely.

 

[DLHDesign]

Second the Epsom salt treatment. I used it in the DT to help an anthias with pop-eye from a wound. One dose and a bit over a week later, the fish looked much better. No noticeable impact on the reef.

(Note that I add VitaChem to my food-slurry, so that was part of my treatment.)

 

[NanaReefer]

I soaked food in Selcon and my Damsel's Popeye was gone in 2 days. Never did return.

 

[themcnertney]

FYI. Fish is in the same condition as yesterday. With that said I haven't tried treatment yet.

 

[melypr1985]

FYI. Fish is in the same condition as yesterday. With that said I haven't tried treatment yet.

Probably a good idea to try at least the epsom salt. Let us know how that goes

 

[themcnertney]

Well unfortunately he didn't survive the injury. Bummer.

 

[melypr1985]

Well unfortunately he didn't survive the injury. Bummer.

I'm so sorry for your loss. what did you end up using to treat him with?

 

[themcnertney]

I'm so sorry for your loss. what did you end up using to treat him with?

Its okay. I didn't end up using Epsom. I am not a fan of adding anything other then Kent marine salt when doing water changes. I don't dose anything. My thought was if the water quality was good, and the fish ate good, all would be good. But it wasn't. The injury was pretty bad. I don't think it would have survive with any intervention I would have done.

 

[NanaReefer]

Its okay. I didn't end up using Epsom. I am not a fan of adding anything other then Kent marine salt when doing water changes. I don't dose anything. My thought was if the water quality was good, and the fish ate good, all would be good. But it wasn't. The injury was pretty bad. I don't think it would have survive with any intervention I would have done.

You'll never know. [emoji17]

 

[themcnertney]

You'll never know. [emoji17]

I hear ya.
I don't have any pictures, but it got much worse, then started to get better. That is until yesterday when I seen it in the sand bed not moving.
Part of the hobby I suppose.

 

[melypr1985]

I hear ya.
I don't have any pictures, but it got much worse, then started to get better. That is until yesterday when I seen it in the sand bed not moving.
Part of the hobby I suppose.

That's because it was infected and needed medication. I'm sorry for the loss though.