Green Wolf Eel rubbing tail to bare meat??

jamichaels

New Member
Why's he doing this? Gah..
Ive had him a year and a half, he never had this problem till my g/f brought home an Undulated Trigger.. (I tried making it work to make her feel better).. Got rid of the Trigger at the first sign of a nip in the Eels tail, just the tip.) Anyway its bare in spots on both sides of his tail and only on the last 2-3" of him (he's about 14"). All water readings are as normal, only odd things I have noticed about the tank is some white sponge like stuff growing on LiveRock, and a couple hundred baby snails about the size of the head of a pencil eraser all over my glass (they've been growing for a couple months..)
Anyone have a clue what's going on here?
If pictures are requested, I WILL get some.. Can't let anything happen to this Eel, g/f would leave me.. (heh)
 

fmarini

Member
its an open wound and its most likely infected. I'd move him into a Q-tank and observe for a bit-- then consider treating w/ a broad spectrum anti-biotic if the wound doesnt heal in 7days. If the wound is open, red and inflammed-skip the observing part- go directly to treatment
 
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