mony97
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Today was one of those days..
I woke up this morning to find one of my two new PJ Cardinals dead and half eaten by my snails and shrimp. My Midas Blenny had been nipping at there fins and bullying them around most of yesterday and both seemed stressed but I was hopeful for a good morning and the behavior would stop. That obviously never came to be.
I brought the remaining PJ to my LFS where the owner was very kind and took him in, I did not, however, receive any store credit. I was fine with this as there was only one and in poor condition. I browsed around the store for a little while and decided on a Two Spot Hogfish to take the PJ's place, and left the store in a pleasant mood.
Once I got home I began to acclimate the new comer and all went well, no fighting or aggression towards any tankmates. I decided to turn the lights on a few hours after releasing the Hogfish into the tank and noticed my Midas Blenny had what looked to be a bruise on his faced that was covered by a white patch. He was also breathing heavier than normal and did not seem to what to swim around as he normally does. So I checked all my parameters and all was well there.
Not knowing what this was I quickly tried to snap a pic to post with no luck and decided to post without a pic. At this time I also started to research as much as I could on what this may be. I narrowed it down to Cotton Mouth or Lymphocystis, but was leaning towards Cotton Mouth due to one of the main ways of contracting this infection is to nip at or eat the fins of deceased fish (remember the dead PJ I had found in the morning).
After receiving some help from the boards I decided the best way to handle this was to wait it out as he was eating and was in good health prior.
Things only got worse from here, as my blenny slowly seemed to fade away. At this point I had to come to the realization that he would not make it through the night and needed to remove him. 30min. and a lot of water on the floor later he was out (odd how a dying fish that I was more or less able to poke with a spoon was so hard to catch).
After cleaning up the mess and getting everything set back, I turned to noticed that my blenny had died.. He was my favorite fish in my tank thus far
I reluctantly sent him away and just wanted today to end.
It, however, did not..
After letting my blenny go I went back to my tank to find that my new Two Spot was missing. Thinking he was hiding I hovered around the tank for 15min. trying to find him with no luck. Then switched to a ten foot radius around the tank searching everywhere (even through our couch cushions). Still no fish.. I am now hopping that he burrowed himself when I was trying to catch the blenny due to him being frightened. I now have to wait till the morning to find out if I lost him as well.. Not a good feeling..
Almost everything today just seemed surreal and I just want today to be over.. I dont know how you all do it sometimes, handling the stresses of keeping a tank, and sometimes question if it is all worth it..
Thx for listening
-Greg
I woke up this morning to find one of my two new PJ Cardinals dead and half eaten by my snails and shrimp. My Midas Blenny had been nipping at there fins and bullying them around most of yesterday and both seemed stressed but I was hopeful for a good morning and the behavior would stop. That obviously never came to be.
I brought the remaining PJ to my LFS where the owner was very kind and took him in, I did not, however, receive any store credit. I was fine with this as there was only one and in poor condition. I browsed around the store for a little while and decided on a Two Spot Hogfish to take the PJ's place, and left the store in a pleasant mood.
Once I got home I began to acclimate the new comer and all went well, no fighting or aggression towards any tankmates. I decided to turn the lights on a few hours after releasing the Hogfish into the tank and noticed my Midas Blenny had what looked to be a bruise on his faced that was covered by a white patch. He was also breathing heavier than normal and did not seem to what to swim around as he normally does. So I checked all my parameters and all was well there.
Not knowing what this was I quickly tried to snap a pic to post with no luck and decided to post without a pic. At this time I also started to research as much as I could on what this may be. I narrowed it down to Cotton Mouth or Lymphocystis, but was leaning towards Cotton Mouth due to one of the main ways of contracting this infection is to nip at or eat the fins of deceased fish (remember the dead PJ I had found in the morning).
After receiving some help from the boards I decided the best way to handle this was to wait it out as he was eating and was in good health prior.
Things only got worse from here, as my blenny slowly seemed to fade away. At this point I had to come to the realization that he would not make it through the night and needed to remove him. 30min. and a lot of water on the floor later he was out (odd how a dying fish that I was more or less able to poke with a spoon was so hard to catch).
After cleaning up the mess and getting everything set back, I turned to noticed that my blenny had died.. He was my favorite fish in my tank thus far
I reluctantly sent him away and just wanted today to end.It, however, did not..
After letting my blenny go I went back to my tank to find that my new Two Spot was missing. Thinking he was hiding I hovered around the tank for 15min. trying to find him with no luck. Then switched to a ten foot radius around the tank searching everywhere (even through our couch cushions). Still no fish.. I am now hopping that he burrowed himself when I was trying to catch the blenny due to him being frightened. I now have to wait till the morning to find out if I lost him as well.. Not a good feeling..
Almost everything today just seemed surreal and I just want today to be over.. I dont know how you all do it sometimes, handling the stresses of keeping a tank, and sometimes question if it is all worth it..
Thx for listening
-Greg
