Wrasse with white abrassion (bump)

Hjnlssmith · Mar 13, 2023

Got this chissletooth wrasse a week ago and the bump in the photo happened this weekend. Not sure if it is bacterial or an injury. Any thoughts? Thanks for any suggestions.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 13, 2023

Hjnlssmith said:
Got this chissletooth wrasse a week ago and the bump in the photo happened this weekend. Not sure if it is bacterial or an injury. Any thoughts? Thanks for any suggestions.

Appears to be a bacterial issue and may have stemmed from small injury prior. Fish will have to be treated in quarantine with use of either Seachem Kanaplex or maracyn 2 with added oxygen using air stone

Bophy · Mar 14, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Appears to be a bacterial issue and may have stemmed from small injury prior. Fish will have to be treated in quarantine with use of either Seachem Kanaplex or maracyn 2 with added oxygen using air stone

What if someone doesn’t have a quarantine tank?

vetteguy53081 · Mar 14, 2023

Bophy said:
What if someone doesn’t have a quarantine tank?

There are few medications available for livestock-coral and inverts and often take longer to work and produce results. Ruby Rally Pro is one of them. . . reef safe but slower to treat

Hjnlssmith · Mar 16, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
There are few medications available for livestock-coral and inverts and often take longer to work and produce results. Ruby Rally Pro is one of them. . . reef safe but slower to treat

Vetteguy, thank you. We went ahead and made a quarantine tank yesterday. He has been transferred this morning (he is a fast and very elusive fish that loves to bury himself in the sand) and I added the Ruby Rally Pro. Will cross my fingers over the next days/weeks.

Hjnlssmith · Mar 16, 2023

Hjnlssmith said:
Vetteguy, thank you. We went ahead and made a quarantine tank yesterday. He has been transferred this morning (he is a fast and very elusive fish that loves to bury himself in the sand) and I added the Ruby Rally Pro. Will cross my fingers over the next days/weeks.

Is it possible to overdose the Ruby Ralley? It said to use 1 ounce per 20gal. I only have 5 gal. So I put in a cap full.