I added my goby about two weeks ago. After a week he started to get a white patch in front of one of his gills. Now over the last three days, the gills on one side have gone from pink to red to dark red. I have no detectable ammonia or nitrites and <5 nitrates (although I am using api for testing). He is behaving normal and eating fine but does not look healthy at all. I think it may be bacterial but I have not seen this before. Any advice on what to do? I hate to see him deteriorating like this.
What's wrong with my goby?
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Breakthecycle2
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Looks like bacterial.
+1 Yes, this is a bacterial infection for sure. And I don't think he will be able to recover without antibiotic treatment. Use this combo of meds on him in a QT: Seachem Kanaplex, Seachem Metroplex & Furan-2. If you can't get all three, at least use either Kanaplex or Furan-2 on him.
This will give you a few more treatment options: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bacterial-infections.191511/
But I still highly recommend the Seachem Kanaplex, Seachem Metroplex & Furan-2 combo because the infection looks pretty bad.
But I still highly recommend the Seachem Kanaplex, Seachem Metroplex & Furan-2 combo because the infection looks pretty bad.
