calming-creatio
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Hello Fellow Reefers:
I am having a great deal of difficulty keeping fish alive in my Aquapod 12G. I lost two fish about 3 months ago. The current inhabitant is a Yellow Watchman Goby. I also have several hermits and snails. As well as two mushroom corals, a sea anemonie, orange start polps, carribean feather duster, several sponges and gogorians, finger leather coral.
My levels are within there ranges for Nitrate, Nitrite, Alkanlinity, and pH. Haven't done a calcium test in sometime and it isn't due for at least two weeks, but that was well within it's range. Temperature of the tank runs in between 73 F to 80 F.
Yellow Watchman Goby:
History - shortly after receiving him I noticed that near his gills, but not on them he a definite red vein that was showing from his skin. Over the next week or so I've been watching him and he appeared to be getting better till I noticed last night that his lip has been torn. It's almost looks like something cut his lip in two and the bones are starting to show. I have no idea what it could be and he has no other signs except when he attempts to eat sometimes. It looks as though he is eating peanut butter and it is sticking to the roof of his mouth.
Pictures (sorry about the quality of the pictures, good camera is at work)
As you will see from the two images that the appears to be both blood and white markings around his lips. I know that the lower lip is cut in two and the bone seems to be showing. The upper lip seems to have no signs of damage, but there does seem to be a part of the upper lip that is coming lose almost like a piece of fingernail.
I'll attempt to get the camera from work to get better pictures posted. Please let me know what I can do as this fish has given me a great deal of happiness and personality in the short time period I've gotten to know him. Thanks for your help.
Joseph Petry
Owner & Marine Aquarist
Calming Creations
I am having a great deal of difficulty keeping fish alive in my Aquapod 12G. I lost two fish about 3 months ago. The current inhabitant is a Yellow Watchman Goby. I also have several hermits and snails. As well as two mushroom corals, a sea anemonie, orange start polps, carribean feather duster, several sponges and gogorians, finger leather coral.
My levels are within there ranges for Nitrate, Nitrite, Alkanlinity, and pH. Haven't done a calcium test in sometime and it isn't due for at least two weeks, but that was well within it's range. Temperature of the tank runs in between 73 F to 80 F.
Yellow Watchman Goby:
History - shortly after receiving him I noticed that near his gills, but not on them he a definite red vein that was showing from his skin. Over the next week or so I've been watching him and he appeared to be getting better till I noticed last night that his lip has been torn. It's almost looks like something cut his lip in two and the bones are starting to show. I have no idea what it could be and he has no other signs except when he attempts to eat sometimes. It looks as though he is eating peanut butter and it is sticking to the roof of his mouth.
Pictures (sorry about the quality of the pictures, good camera is at work)
As you will see from the two images that the appears to be both blood and white markings around his lips. I know that the lower lip is cut in two and the bone seems to be showing. The upper lip seems to have no signs of damage, but there does seem to be a part of the upper lip that is coming lose almost like a piece of fingernail.
I'll attempt to get the camera from work to get better pictures posted. Please let me know what I can do as this fish has given me a great deal of happiness and personality in the short time period I've gotten to know him. Thanks for your help.
Joseph Petry
Owner & Marine Aquarist
Calming Creations
