My lovely yellow coris wrasse has come down with a sudden sickness today. Swimming around fine yesterday, today lethargic and wont leave the back left corner. He has a visible red spot on his side. I tried to get a good picture as seen below. Please excuse the dirty glass, its tough to clean back in that corner.
I dont have my QT tank setup. Ive got a 30 gallon I could use for QT. However it is empty and has no plumbing. Its got one of those small freshwater filters that hangs off the back. Would I be able to fill it with 50% DT water and %50 freshly mixed salt water to set up a quick QT?
On hand, ive got Focus and MetroPlex medicine, which I am mixing in with food now and will continue for a while. However, i cant seem to get the yellow coris to eat (some food floated by him earlier). Should I net the coris, and put him in a separate container that hangs off the tank? That way I can directly give him some medicine and hope he eats it. Or would this be too much stress to net him?
I apologize if my questions seem a bit all over the place. Just want to figure out if there is anyway I can save this homie.
Otherfish in the tank : pair of clowns, sailfin tang, sapphire damsel, 6line wrasse, and a firefish goby.
parameters: 8.7 alk, 1500 magnesium, calcium 500, po4 .01, no4 5-10
I dont have my QT tank setup. Ive got a 30 gallon I could use for QT. However it is empty and has no plumbing. Its got one of those small freshwater filters that hangs off the back. Would I be able to fill it with 50% DT water and %50 freshly mixed salt water to set up a quick QT?
On hand, ive got Focus and MetroPlex medicine, which I am mixing in with food now and will continue for a while. However, i cant seem to get the yellow coris to eat (some food floated by him earlier). Should I net the coris, and put him in a separate container that hangs off the tank? That way I can directly give him some medicine and hope he eats it. Or would this be too much stress to net him?
I apologize if my questions seem a bit all over the place. Just want to figure out if there is anyway I can save this homie.
Otherfish in the tank : pair of clowns, sailfin tang, sapphire damsel, 6line wrasse, and a firefish goby.
parameters: 8.7 alk, 1500 magnesium, calcium 500, po4 .01, no4 5-10