Help!!! Help!!

cmonti

cmonti

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Let me first let everyone know whats in my tank...
20 gallon with live rocks and some lps corals.
2 clowns
cleaner shrimp
2 hermit crabs
2 snails
1 yellow watchman goby - i just noticed the side of his face looks like it has been eaten!!!! How the heck did this happen? the crabs? What can I do to help this poor fish survive besides a prayer?
 
cmonti

cmonti

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I attached a pic. The shrimp seems to be harassing the fish. Could the shrimp have caused this?
 
reefaholic33

reefaholic33

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I think it's hole in the head syndrom. See if you can research it ASAP I had a fish who had it and it died. I prolly should have done some reading to see if there is anything you can do but never added another fish. Someone else can give u more info though.
 
speg

speg

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You need to have another system set up and remove the watchmen and medicate/rehabilitate him. The shrimp and hermits are just trying to do their job at this point... they smell meat.
 
cmonti

cmonti

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When I woke up this morning, the fish was dead. I first noticed the issue when I fed them yesterday, when I got home from work. How could this have happend so fast? Do you think the fish had a disease before he was purchased? I only had him for 2 weeks. Could it have been something in my tank?? I hope not. My two clowns are doing fine. Do I need to worry about them? Please give some insight. Thanks
 
bang guy

bang guy

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That looks like a bacterial infection to me. It may have injured itself on a rock and then got an infection in the wound. New fish are often very prone to darting around at every noise so it could have just become frightened and scraped a rock.
Is the substrate deep enough to allow a goby to dig a cave?
 
speg

speg

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3263818
Also, is that crushed coral in there? Looks a little big to be sand....
yeah looks like some pretty heavy-duty crushed coral... the watchman (or anything wanting to dig) wouldn't have been happy in that tank.
 
cmonti

cmonti

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It is crushed coral and I ectually regret using it. The owner of my LFS suggested it and I agreed. I think the sand would have had a cleaner look and allowed certian fish and snails to burrow. Lesson learned..
 
speg

speg

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3263901
+1,000,000......It's amazing how many threads this past week have contained...."well my lfs told me......"

Yep.. I used to listen to my LFS... spent a lot of money taht I didn't have to.
 
cmonti

cmonti

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I can change it?? really. I hate to say it but "my lps told me" not to disrupt the substrate because it may throw off the tank bio filter. Would making a disruption like this to the tank cause any sort of cycle again?
 
speg

speg

Active Member
Moving stuff can always have that chance. I would personally take the risk cause I'm very anti-crushed coral... although, some people have had success with it.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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You would not do it all at once....I have only read about it, so maybe someone with some actual experience can add something
BUT from what I have read, you will carefully siphon a little out at a time.....and I think you would probably keep some (not 100% on this) so you can add the sand and the "live" stuff from the cc will move into the sand
SORRY.....I am not doing a great explanation job :(
 
cmonti

cmonti

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I googled replacing CC with sand. Seems possible. Im thinking about it. Now is the time before I start adding more livestock
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by cmonti
http:///forum/post/3264004
I googled replacing CC with sand. Seems possible. Im thinking about it. Now is the time before I start adding more livestock
Very true....it can and has been done...just do it slowly
 
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