Hi,
I am new to reef keeping.
I have a yasha goby and pistol shrimp.
I was away from home for 1 week and I returned on Monday April 10 to find the goby opening & closing its mouth continuously, not swimming much, not being afraid of me, and most worrisome, not eating.
I have tried spot feeding without success.
There were no spots on the goby. The shrimp is behaving normally.
Today, April 16, I noticed around the left eye a white spot. I have attached a photo.
Is this ich?
I also notice that the goby is struggling to stay upright. It seems to be tilting to its right, and then it tries to upright itself.
If it is ich, what next steps would you suggest? QT with copper?
I have no other livestock in this 5gallon tank.
Stay in this tank but try to lower salinity? how would this affect pistol shrimp?
My first step will be to increase water temperature from 76 and increase to 82.
Water parameters were:
ammonia zero
nitrite zero
nitrate 1.2
Thank you
John
![Yasha goby.jpg Yasha goby.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3039/3039213-ac2dc368516a0e2fa0ca815fff0e179a.jpg)
I am new to reef keeping.
I have a yasha goby and pistol shrimp.
I was away from home for 1 week and I returned on Monday April 10 to find the goby opening & closing its mouth continuously, not swimming much, not being afraid of me, and most worrisome, not eating.
I have tried spot feeding without success.
There were no spots on the goby. The shrimp is behaving normally.
Today, April 16, I noticed around the left eye a white spot. I have attached a photo.
Is this ich?
I also notice that the goby is struggling to stay upright. It seems to be tilting to its right, and then it tries to upright itself.
If it is ich, what next steps would you suggest? QT with copper?
I have no other livestock in this 5gallon tank.
Stay in this tank but try to lower salinity? how would this affect pistol shrimp?
My first step will be to increase water temperature from 76 and increase to 82.
Water parameters were:
ammonia zero
nitrite zero
nitrate 1.2
Thank you
John
![Yasha goby.jpg Yasha goby.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3039/3039213-ac2dc368516a0e2fa0ca815fff0e179a.jpg)