injured goby fish

[2011laramie]

hey guys.

I have had my 40g aquarium going for about 2 years now. its pretty plain jane. got 2 clowns, a blue azure, and a small yellow goby. its been pretty steady the whole time with a coralife 65 skimmer. I recently upgraded to a reef octopus bh90 and now I have an issue. my little yellow goby got sucked up through the skimmer and I found him in the skimmer body. I managed to get him out of the skimmer and back into the tank. But it appears the skimmer chopped his tail off. his tail area is now white and hes not moving too much, hes survived 2 days so far. Anything I should do to help?

 

[Newsmyrna80]

You could move him into a QT and treat with antibiotics. The tail can grow back.

 

[2011laramie]

would the added stress of the qt tank be worth it?

 

[Mark9]

would the added stress of the qt tank be worth it?

You received a very good answer, its up to you if its worth it.

 

[Nina51]

i have a tailless orange spotted goby. not sure how he lost his tail but i *think* the dottyback was the culprit. he didn't just lose the fin, he lost the whole tail. the fin has never grown back. i moved him to a small biocube where he healed up just fine. the dottyback is long gone, the goby is now in my 75g and he has absolutely no problems getting around.