Hi Folks - not been around for ages I know. Long story.
Anyway, I am in need of some help...
Can anyone diagnose what's going on with this goby? I noticed this "hole" or "bite" on his back and am worried as to what the cause could be.
I pay close attention to my fish and haven't seen this develop - so I do not think it's an infection (although I do not know how quickly these can develop) - my other thought is that it could be a bite from my Figure 8?
http://photocast.mac.com/mrbluefox/iPho ... /index.rss (sorry - I'm learning how to use a mac and am having to use my .mac account in order to host pics)
I recently did a water change (ie in the last three days) and all of the parameters are as follows:
SG 1.008
NH3 0
NitrIte 0
Natrate ~10
He seems to be active enough (as in he's not hiding in a corner etc) and is still eating when I fed them all today
Any ideas folks?
Cheers
N
Hole In goby
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Thanks for all your input, I've not got a hospital tank though and cos I'm in the UK those treatments are very hard to come by (well in Leicestershire anyway!!).
For the time being, I'm just making sure the water is clean as poss and making sure that he's still active and eating...*crosses fingers*
Thanks again!
For the time being, I'm just making sure the water is clean as poss and making sure that he's still active and eating...*crosses fingers*
Thanks again!
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UPDATE:
Now I know a lot of people post updates to say "looks like i was too late" etc...but I'm happy to announce that this goby is living to fight another day!!!
He's well on the mend and thankfully not got any kind of infection. He's always hungry and is defending his territory just like a 100% fit goby would!!
thanks again for your help folks - these are cheap fish that could have been lost due to "ah well it's not expensive to replace" mentalities - but I've hung in there and things are looking good.
Thanks!
Now I know a lot of people post updates to say "looks like i was too late" etc...but I'm happy to announce that this goby is living to fight another day!!!
He's well on the mend and thankfully not got any kind of infection. He's always hungry and is defending his territory just like a 100% fit goby would!!
thanks again for your help folks - these are cheap fish that could have been lost due to "ah well it's not expensive to replace" mentalities - but I've hung in there and things are looking good.
Thanks!
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puffergeek
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- Location: Greater Seattle Area
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