Scolly Issues

[Tab28]

I have a medium size scolly for at least a half year now. Never had problems with it and it always ate. A few weeks ago I saw my fox face picking at its mouth area. After chasing it foxface away the scolly was understanably closed up with it's skeleton pushing through the flesh. The scolly has not eaten anything sence then and has not reopened to its fluffy preattack form. It is only slightly fluffy and still has some areas were the skeleton is through the flesh (by this I mean like little neddles through the flesh not portions of flesh missing). Also I most of the time the outh portion is ajar not the closed slit which was normal.

Is it a goner or is there something I can do to help it, it will not eat. I have it in an sick tank with the same tank water cycling through it. But I do not want to loose my scolly.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Your scoly is far from gone! These guys are pretty resilient. Have you noticed the FoxFace picking anymore at it? I would imagine the fish was just trying to grab some of the food the scoly was eating. To encourage it to eat use some pellets and put in the mouth area. I can almost bet you it will eat.

Can you snap a picture?

 

[Tab28]

The fox face has not since I caught him that fish bothers nothing. I bet you are right about the getting food thing from it. However I have the scolly seperated now. It is worring me, It is a pretty bleeding apple. Not to mention a hit to the wallet if it were to die. I tried pellets and placed a bottle over him so the current would not take the pellets away. The pellets would stay there overnight. It will not take them in.

I can snap a picture when I get home. Have to try to find the camera I tried attaching picture taken with my iphone but it was too large.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I have been there many times and I have lost and saved some. What lighting is it under? I have had a couple that were fine forever under one light and then all of the sudden didn't like it. I moved them to lower light and they recover. While it is stressed I think lower light will serve it well.

 

[Tab28]

It is under 250 phoenix MH in a 24" deep tank. The lower lights when stressed is a good point. I know it works when my chalices are stressed.

 

[Tab28]

Pictures

Sorry theya re a bit blurry but you can see the open mouth slit and the deflatted look. I feed it again with some pellets but if like other times it will not eat.

 

[_Alex_]

looks better then the one im still trying to save!! the one i have had almost 50% or more skeleton showing and had flesh fallign off for a day or 2...i fed it a couple times and then moved it to basically no light and very low flow. it hasnt ate but has grown almost all its flesh back and is trying to puff up a little.

i would put it in low light and low flow and leave it be other than feeding it once in a while. i thought the one i have was gone for sure and its coming back strong just lost color .

 

[Tab28]

I did move the scoly into a low light area and hoping for the best.

 

[nixer]

i saved one that was way worse than that!
heck half of the flesh was detached and it lived

 

[Tab28]

Well I moved it into a low light and flow area. I tried feeding it and it seems it tries to eat beause you can see its mouth trying to enclose the pellets and slighly inflatting around them. I hope it gets some of the pellets in but I have remove the bottle top I use to fee it so the pellets do not sit on it for long.

It has been a couple days and it does look slightly better. The color does seem to be fading. Not sure if it would only after a few days or if it since the lower light just makes it look that way. I am hoping when I get home it will still look better and not have the mouth open like a used ballon end.