Goby has swollen eyes and has pale splotches

[Sick_man]

Hi, I got my YWG 4 days ago and off the bat he wasn't acting too normal. I thought he was just shy. But he just sits in his cave and the 2nd day I noticed he had some loose tissue on his lips. 3rd day, he had pale spots on his cheeks, and now today, his eyes are foggy and enlarged. I ordered some Melafix by API and its coming today. Is there anything I can do for him? I don't have a quarantine tank and everything else in my tank is fine. Parameters are ideal as well.

 

[40g Nano]

It is flukes do a freshwater dip fast

 

[40g Nano]

They may have spread to other fish and you should probably dip those too

 

[Sick_man]

It is flukes do a freshwater dip fast

He is under the rocks is there anyway for me to make him leave?

 

[40g Nano]

What size tank

 

[Sick_man]

What size tank

Its a 20 gal long

 

[40g Nano]

You could try to get him out with a plastic straw into a net or take the rock out and catch him

 

[Sick_man]

hes also breathing heavily now

 

[Sick_man]

okay ive never done a dip before how do i do this and for how long

 

[40g Nano]

So get RODI- same temperature as tank water and put an air stone in it. Put the fish in for 5 minutes and he will look strange like he is dying. You should see flakes fall off of him. After the timer, put him back in the tank.

 

[Sick_man]

So get RODI- same temperature as tank water and put an air stone in it. Put the fish in for 5 minutes and he will look strange like he is dying. You should see flakes fall off of him. After the timer, put him back in the tank.

Thank you so much, should I just take him back to the store? I dont want to risk infecting my other fish.

 

[40g Nano]

If you take him back, he will most likely die of flukes along with stress.

I would do the freshwater dip

 

[40g Nano]

What other fish do you have in the tank

 

[40g Nano]

If it has been 4 days then the flukes might have already spread. I would fw dip all fish

 

[40g Nano]

Just don’t panic and keep the fish in for the whole 5 minutes

 

[40g Nano]

After dip, set up a qt tank and treat with prazipro

 

[40g Nano]

It will be worth every penny if your fish live

 

[Sick_man]

If you take him back, he will most likely die of flukes along with stress.

I would do the freshwater dip

Okay is the dip a long term solution? Or is it just short term? I really dont want to to risk my tank getting infected.

 

[Sick_man]

doing the dip now btw

 

[Sick_man]

I don't have a quarantine tank and will melafix work? I ordered that and its coming today.