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04/14/2019, 05:23 AM | #1 |
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Tang injured. Advice please.
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My powder blue Tang has injured itself, most likely on rocks chasing a new tank mate, and has a small laceration behind its gill. Looks otherwise okay, eating and swimming well. Is this likely to become a problem and is there anything I should be doing? IMG_4480.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
04/14/2019, 07:44 AM | #2 |
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If the fish is otherwise healthy, I'd do nothing other than make sure that it's getting plenty of nutritious food (for a tang, that would include vegetable-based foods like Nori).
It might not be a bad idea to have some antibiotics on hand in case the laceration becomes infected and you need to remove it to a QT for treatment. |
04/15/2019, 06:57 AM | #3 |
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04/15/2019, 07:49 AM | #4 |
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Add it to the water column in a quarantine (hospital) tank.
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04/15/2019, 08:59 AM | #5 |
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I am asking because I have a lawnmower blenny who is not looking good. He just has been laying around and looks like he is breathing heavy. I also do not see him eating.
What type of antibiotic and how much do you add? Could I use some Cipro eye droplets? |
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04/16/2019, 08:59 AM | #7 |
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Sadly, I found my lawnmower blenny belly-up on the bottom of the SB this morning. I examined all his fins and did not find any damage. His belly looked bloated -- which isn't surprising as he ate all the time. I did not see any white specks or anything.
I have no idea what could have happens except maybe he ate too much. He lasted for 8 months and seemed fine, no aggression from other fish. |
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04/17/2019, 09:59 PM | #9 |
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My exper8ence is lawnmower blennys never get ich.. mine never got a spec even when my tank was infested and tangs or angels were riddled. Same with flame hawks and damsels.
My lawnmower blenny was fine for like 5 months. Then slowely starved as the easy to get algae went away... he toucjed no foods either. I like em but they dont get enough to eat at least he didnt in my 55 hexagon. Might be different in my 135 6ft tank but ya |
05/11/2019, 11:06 PM | #10 |
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Full recovery.
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05/12/2019, 06:40 AM | #11 |
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Great news!
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