zatchyvsalt
Community Member
Hello,
I have a Niger trigger(very small) in my 75 gallon tank. Over the past week he had developed a swollen cloudy eye and a bit of paleness and flakiness to his fins and tail fin. I thought it could have been my blue tang that hurt him because the tang was very aggressive. I rehomed the tang about a week ago to restore balance to my tank. The trigger has been eating and swimming great. I didn’t want to necessarily move him to a QT tank because he was very active and motivated to eat and I didn’t want to cause unneeded stress. That is until today when I went to feed the fish and there was no sign of the trigger (which he usually always comes out for food) I found him wedged in the rock work and I honestly thought he was dead. I pulled apart the rock work and he drifted out and slowly swam around the tank. I immediately moved him to my hospital tank, and applied Melafix at the right dosage. All other fish in 75gal are doing great, eating, swimming, no sign of distress.
It’s probably too late for my trigger but I will keep trying for him. He now lays at the bottom of the tank and does not move but still alive. Any suggestions or insight. Pics are below.
In my main display,
Niger Trigger
Flame Hawkfish
Royal Gramma
Mandarin
2 clowns
4 fire goby
4 cardinals
1 fairy wrasse
1 Gem Tang
2 Hippo Tangs
1 lawn mower
All fish are still very small and I am currently getting a 250gal Red Sea tank installed in October of this year.
Main display parameters
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
Everything else is good.
I have a Niger trigger(very small) in my 75 gallon tank. Over the past week he had developed a swollen cloudy eye and a bit of paleness and flakiness to his fins and tail fin. I thought it could have been my blue tang that hurt him because the tang was very aggressive. I rehomed the tang about a week ago to restore balance to my tank. The trigger has been eating and swimming great. I didn’t want to necessarily move him to a QT tank because he was very active and motivated to eat and I didn’t want to cause unneeded stress. That is until today when I went to feed the fish and there was no sign of the trigger (which he usually always comes out for food) I found him wedged in the rock work and I honestly thought he was dead. I pulled apart the rock work and he drifted out and slowly swam around the tank. I immediately moved him to my hospital tank, and applied Melafix at the right dosage. All other fish in 75gal are doing great, eating, swimming, no sign of distress.
It’s probably too late for my trigger but I will keep trying for him. He now lays at the bottom of the tank and does not move but still alive. Any suggestions or insight. Pics are below.
In my main display,
Niger Trigger
Flame Hawkfish
Royal Gramma
Mandarin
2 clowns
4 fire goby
4 cardinals
1 fairy wrasse
1 Gem Tang
2 Hippo Tangs
1 lawn mower
All fish are still very small and I am currently getting a 250gal Red Sea tank installed in October of this year.
Main display parameters
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
Everything else is good.
