Falco hawkfish breathing heavily

[40g Nano]

I got my falco hawkfish 1 week and 1 day ago and up to my tank move a couple days ago he has been eating great, perching, and going for the occasional swim. For the past 2-3 days, he has been hiding, breathing heavily, staying on the bottom, and not eating. All other fish are fine and eating well.




Stocking:
2 clowns
1 marble wrasse
1 Royal gramma
1 falco hawkfish
1 mandarin

No visible parasites or any damage , no aggression

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I got my falco hawkfish 1 week and 1 day ago and up to my tank move a couple days ago he has been eating great, perching, and going for the occasional swim. For the past 2-3 days, he has been hiding, breathing heavily, staying on the bottom, and not eating. All other fish are fine and eating well.




Stocking:
2 clowns
1 marble wrasse
1 Royal gramma
1 falco hawkfish
1 mandarin

No visible parasites or any damage , no aggression

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The worry here is that it might be the start of Amyloodinium, velvet. The lack of symptoms in the other fish helps steer away from that diagnosis, but maybe it is early in the infection.

Rapid breathing and not eating is ALWAYS serious.

Jay Hemdal

 

[40g Nano]

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The worry here is that it might be the start of Amyloodinium, velvet. The lack of symptoms in the other fish helps steer away from that diagnosis, but maybe it is early in the infection.

Rapid breathing and not eating is ALWAYS serious.

Jay Hemdal

It’s not as much rapid, but heavy

I’ve been trying to get a video but he’s in the back corner behind a rock

 

[40g Nano]

Video

 

[40g Nano]

For the tank swap, I used live rock from my 90g, 80 pounds of live sand, biomedia from my 90g

ive been feeding them lrs and they all go crazy for it. After the move, he just won’t eat and is breathing heavy. I’m not sure if he got damaged from it or has a parasite. I don’t think it is a parasite though because of no other fish having symptoms and it’s already been 3 days like this.

maybe a fw dip for flukes?

 

[40g Nano]

With the tank move, I replaced 60 gallons of the 91 total volume in the new tank and got the rest of the water from my 90g

 

[40g Nano]

Going to the lfs now to get a few things. Anything I should get for the hawkfish?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Going to the lfs now to get a few things. Anything I should get for the hawkfish?

It's a tough call - the hawk is breathing very deeply, but also a bit rapidly. It is a tossup between flukes or velvet, but I'm leaning more towards flukes. One possible treatment would be Prazipro. You could also give the hawkfish a 5 minute FW dip to try and buy some time.

Jay

 

[40g Nano]

It's a touch call - the hawk is breathing very deeply, but also a bit rapidly. It is a tossup between flukes or velvet, but I'm leaning more towards flukes. One possible treatment would be Prazipro. You could also give the hawkfish a 5 minute FW dip to try and buy some time.

Jay

I may just get that while I’m out. Can I give it in baths?

 

[40g Nano]

Or can I just put prazipro in the tank directly

 

[40g Nano]

I’m gonna wait and see how it goes, I got stress coat though

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I’m gonna wait and see how it goes, I got stress coat though

Stress coat probably won't help for an acute issue like this.

I'd either prazipro the whole tank or give it a 5 minute FW dip (some risk with that of course). If, after the dip, the fish improves in a couple of days, then you can be pretty certain it was flukes, and then go with the prazipro.

jay

 

[40g Nano]

Stress coat probably won't help for an acute issue like this.

I'd either prazipro the whole tank or give it a 5 minute FW dip (some risk with that of course). If, after the dip, the fish improves in a couple of days, then you can be pretty certain it was flukes, and then go with the prazipro.

jay

im not sure if it is flukes or any parasite, they would have to get into the tank through the fish i got a week ago (hawk, wrasse, and gramma), then have no appearance until a couple days ago

i talked to my lfs and that was their say on it

that fish went through a ton of stress through the move, and i dont really want to stress it out more by catching it and putting it into a fw dip

 

[40g Nano]

The fish is still alive, still breathing heavy and not eating

all other fish are eating and doing good

 

[40g Nano]

he hasn’t improved, I want to do something but I don’t know what.

 

[vetteguy53081]

he hasn’t improved, I want to do something but I don’t know what.

For starters, add an airstone as Prazi will lower oxygen and appetite. In your video, there is very little water movement form what it appears

 

[40g Nano]

For starters, add an airstone as Prazi will lower oxygen and appetite. In your video, there is very little water movement form what it appears

I did not add prazi, and I took that video with the return pump off

 

[40g Nano]

I dont know what is wrong. Its been almost a week.

 

[40g Nano]

Fish is still hanging in there

Not eating, still breathing heavy

 

[i cant think]

Fish is still hanging in there

Not eating, still breathing heavy

Internal parasites maybe?