Fish sucked into wavemaker

[Parrickt]

I don’t know what to do just got this captive yellow tang the other day and I came home from work and he was stuck to the wave maker! He is barely swimming and his eye looks like it is about to pop

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Any pics of the poor fellow? Not much you can do if the fish is beyond rescue. Sometimes it’s best to euthanize so it doesn’t suffer.

 

[Spare time]

Stuck to the wave maker or sucked into the wavemaker?

 

[AydenLincoln]

Photos please? First step turn off the wave maker and gently remove him. I’d set up a quarantine tank and treat him with bacterial medication like kanaplex and/or metroplex. Make sure the water is well oxygenated in a quarantine tank. If it’s a fowlr tank you can treat meds in tank but qt is a better option/more recommended. But sometimes depending on the injury fish have little to no chance of survival unfortunately especially if he was already weak and a young/small fish. And then sometimes the best thing to do is monitor or euthanize and increase oxygen.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I don’t know what to do just got this captive yellow tang the other day and I came home from work and he was stuck to the wave maker! He is barely swimming and his eye looks like it is about to pop

Unfortunately and even without what would be a helpful video, fish is likely weak and may be moribund in which its not stable enough to eat or swim normal at this point.
Please if you wish send a 20 sec video but also increase oxygen right away if possible

 

[Parrickt]

I posted it twice on accident the first post had the video attached

 

[vetteguy53081]

I posted it twice on accident the first post had the video attached

Other post has info needed. The fish is indeed moribund and a victim of aggression and quite thin

 

[MnFish1]

Agree with @vetteguy53081 - another general point, it's uncommon for fish that are healthy to be sucked against or into something there is usually some other issue causing weakness, unless there is an extreme size difference.