Injured or sick?

[littlefoxx]

I noticed my yellow watchmen goby has been acting weird and floating at the surface. Upon closer inspection he has a huge white spot on his lower lip. I woke up the morning and had a malfunction with one of my pumps and it was blowing a ton of air clouding the tank and some small rocks and frags were blown around. Does this look like an injury or is he sick? Best picture I could get. Its the white spot on his lower lip

 

[vetteguy53081]

I noticed my yellow watchmen goby has been acting weird and floating at the surface. Upon closer inspection he has a huge white spot on his lower lip. I woke up the morning and had a malfunction with one of my pumps and it was blowing a ton of air clouding the tank and some small rocks and frags were blown around. Does this look like an injury or is he sick? Best picture I could get. Its the white spot on his lower lip

Appears to be an injury from moving rocks or sand. with sand- Are you using fine or coarse sand?
Continued movement of roack and sand may firther injure it is sand is larer portioned. Does not look bacterial at this time.
Keep an eye on it for healing and not worsening. Seachem Kanaplex is the medication to use should it become raw.

 

[littlefoxx]

Appears to be an injury from moving rocks or sand. with sand- Are you using fine or coarse sand?
Continued movement of roack and sand may firther injure it is sand is larer portioned. Does not look bacterial at this time.
Keep an eye on it for healing and not worsening. Seachem Kanaplex is the medication to use should it become raw.

Ah okay, and I think my sand is more coarse. I have him in an acclimation box for now to watch him. Should I give him the kanaplex now or wait to see if it gets worse?

 

[MnFish1]

Agree with Injury - I would give kanaplex now - it is relatively non-toxic. Feed well. Oxygenate the water. It is somewhat odd that moving sand would do that but I agree with @vetteguy53081. If you decide to wait - make sure that if it is getting ANY worse - or not getting better - then that would be the time as well to use kanaplex.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I noticed my yellow watchmen goby has been acting weird and floating at the surface. Upon closer inspection he has a huge white spot on his lower lip. I woke up the morning and had a malfunction with one of my pumps and it was blowing a ton of air clouding the tank and some small rocks and frags were blown around. Does this look like an injury or is he sick? Best picture I could get. Its the white spot on his lower lip

How long have you had the fish? We’re seeing a lot of these developing bacterial skin infections soon after arrival in people’s tanks.
Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ah okay, and I think my sand is more coarse. I have him in an acclimation box for now to watch him. Should I give him the kanaplex now or wait to see if it gets worse?

Yes, coarse sand has particles with cutting edge similarity and finer would be better

 

[littlefoxx]

How long have you had the fish? We’re seeing a lot of these developing bacterial skin infections soon after arrival in people’s tanks.
Jay

Ive had him about 3 weeks now. I will keep an eye on my other gray watchmen for this though, he has only been in there a week.