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changing water right now...has not even touched the food, will pull that out and try some more...maybe this water change will work...i dont know....not sure what else to do...

so i am changing the water he is rolling back and forth on his side, lays on his side, he let me pick him up and exam him, nothing weird, no bumps no large bumps on his tummy nothing...he just seems weak....i dont think this is going to end well, got all the old food out of the tank, (24 hours old) going to up the water change to 75% and see if that does anything...if he continues to act the way he does may have to consider putting him down, in the wild he would have been attacked already.....sucks.....

well he is settled down again, i know they have a mind of their own and i have handled him ever since we have gotten him so he is use to my touch...water is totally chaged out did just over 110 gallons out of the 180 so a big change for sure...looked in his mouth no signs of damage to a beak, nothing wedged in his mouth..no sores no blisters nothing like that...if you looked at him you would not think anything is wrong...so we wait...off to get a few differant food items...i would love to set up a QT for hermit crabs but i QT anything for him for at least 6-8 weeks so no point doing that if he is not going to make it, dont want hermit crabs if he does go....so...crab legs, clams, shrimp and scallops it is....when he does it he eats better then us....dumb fish...

I know you're trying your best, I hope something works. I had an absolutely breathingly beautiful orand that died last week. Absolutely nothing wrong with him. Just woke up & he was laying on his side gasping to breathe. Dead by night. :'(

snow crab legs, cherry clams, mussels and an earthworm in his tank...will see what happens...i am trying everything i can, Thanks Pufferpunk, this sucks but hopefully it is a good outcome....if not, well we have a really nice hummingbird garden that serves as a resting place for my other pets ashes....3 beagles, 3 cats and pepe my really really mean convict that passed...6 months ago...he was 4 too....i am not done fighting yet, if i have to change water every day for a few days i will,

Shaner that sucks.

I did a 10 minute dip using quick cure and melafix. I used a 5 gallon bucket from home depot with about half full of water
I also had an air stone running on the inside because the quick cure kills all the oxygen.
Good news mine doesnt have any white marks on his back just a couple near his tail. Probably do another dip tonight.

I would give it a shot see if it helps yours with any infection Quick Cure is at walmart for like $3 bucks Melafix is tea tree oil and can be found almost anywhere.
Good Luck man

I hope this will help him start eating soon.