PLEASE HELP CANARI BLENNY DYING

canarishadow · Jul 13, 2022

So my friends canari blenny has some sort of brown spots on him. He’s about 2 years old so Ik it could be towards the end of his lifespan but idk. The spots seem to be under his skin inside him and the others seem to protrude a little bit his head is also darker than usual and hes not his vibrant yellow anymore

Lasse · Jul 13, 2022

Is he/she eating and show up normal behaviour?

IMO - it is impossible to compare a picture taken under heavy blue and one in normal light. A yellow fish will not look yellow when the tank is lighted up with heavy blue because there are no/few yellow photons to reflect.

Sincerely Lasse

vetteguy53081 · Jul 13, 2022

Appears bacterial
What diet are you offering to it and what is your ammonia and nitrate level?
What other fish in the tank?

Jay Hemdal · Jul 13, 2022

canarishadow said:
So my friends canari blenny has some sort of brown spots on him. He’s about 2 years old so Ik it could be towards the end of his lifespan but idk. The spots seem to be under his skin inside him and the others seem to protrude a little bit his head is also darker than usual and hes not his vibrant yellow anymore

In addition, the blenny seems pretty thin. I wrote about that issue here:

Skinny Blenny issue

Skinny blennies: Midas blennies are much more difficult to maintain than their common presence in the pet trade would have you believe. They are very prone to starvation. It is unknown if this is due to not feeding them often enough, not feeding enough, feeding the wrong foods, or if internal...

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