wheresmypistolshrimp
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Over a month ago I purchased some green chromis and male lyretail anthias and started their qt. Considering they are high risk for Uronema, I started by doing a reef rally bath for 90 minutes, transferred them to the qt tank where I started treating them with metroplex (total 14 days in water column and food mixed with focus) and first 3 days included prazipro. After about 4 days, some of the Chromis began to show ulcers similar to what you see in Uronema so I started treating with Kanaplex and Nitrofurazone in qt tank along with metroplex. During this time the anthias seem to have developed white patchy fuzz on his side which I assumed was either a secondary bacterial infection or uronema infection so I repeated the reef rally bath only on the anthias. The bath cause the white fuzzy stuff to fall off and a uronema-like sore was left. I continued to treat all fish for a total of 14 days of metroplex (in water and food), Kannaplex and Nitrofurazone for about 10 days in conjunction with metroplex, and prazipro during the first 3 days, and at the end of all the antibiotic treatments. They have been in qt for about 30 tank days now, no signs or risk of ich so I did not treat them with copper considering they were battling uronema. As far as medicated food, some fish ate it, others didnt, so I would feed unmedicated food like flakes and brine shrimp in the evening to ensure everyone ate. I only lost 1 chromis out of 12 and all seem to have recovered, look healthy, and are ready to be transferred to dt.
The male lyretail anthias, however, was active during the first two weeks in qt, and for the last 2-3 weeks he has been hiding this whole time under the sponge filter. I have never seen him eat in the past 3 weeks, but I assume he's been eating whatever would float by otherwise how is he alive? I took him out and placed him in a small bucket to observe him, and he mostly just floats on his side. When he swims, he almost looks like one of those big goldfish, without good coordination. I did notice he looks "fat" or has distended abdomen could it be swim bldder issues? I wouldn't expect him to be so fat considering I never see him eat and he's been hiding under the sponge filter this whole time. I also noticed some white poop, does not look stringy so Im assuming he has not been eating well.
I have included a video. Any suggestions of what could be going on? Swim bladder issues, neurological issues, parasites? Should I treat him for anything, put him in DT, euthanize?
The male lyretail anthias, however, was active during the first two weeks in qt, and for the last 2-3 weeks he has been hiding this whole time under the sponge filter. I have never seen him eat in the past 3 weeks, but I assume he's been eating whatever would float by otherwise how is he alive? I took him out and placed him in a small bucket to observe him, and he mostly just floats on his side. When he swims, he almost looks like one of those big goldfish, without good coordination. I did notice he looks "fat" or has distended abdomen could it be swim bldder issues? I wouldn't expect him to be so fat considering I never see him eat and he's been hiding under the sponge filter this whole time. I also noticed some white poop, does not look stringy so Im assuming he has not been eating well.
I have included a video. Any suggestions of what could be going on? Swim bladder issues, neurological issues, parasites? Should I treat him for anything, put him in DT, euthanize?
