Injured Sailfin

[RxBandit]

Yesterday while feeding my tank I noticed that I was missing my Bi-color angel. Well after looking around the tank for a little while I found him stuck between some rocks...dont know if he didnt know how to get out, of if he got stuck there, but needless to say he died.

Ever since then my Sailfin has been hiding in a corner of the tank under some live rock and is injuring herself by scraping against the rock. She has a rather unsightly scrape across her back. Is there anything I can do to get her feeling better...is this normal for a fish to be acting crazy after another fish dies?

As some background though I feel it is important to note that I used Flatworm Exit about 3 days ago and while I noticed during the treatment my water yellowed quite a bit, the protein skimmer seemed to clean it all out (3 full cups in 2 hours) All of my inverts and microfauna seem alright, so I assume that it did no real harm to the fish. Also my Coral Beauty is doing well and not showing any signs of distress

(and yes I do know there is a very high chance that my Coral Beauty is a mobster who killed the Bi-Color and told the Sailfin that he'd be taking a dirt nap if he told anyone...thus the Sailfin hiding and acting frightened.)

 

[bsaastad]

Don't know if the FWE had anything to do with it, but you are supposed to run carbon starting about 1/2 hour after adding FWE. I've used it w/o incident a couple of times with a carbon filter running a couple of days after dosing.

 

[bsaastad]

Re: Injured Sailfin

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7703981#post7703981 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RxBandit

(and yes I do know there is a very high chance that my Coral Beauty is a mobster who killed the Bi-Color and told the Sailfin that he'd be taking a dirt nap if he told anyone...thus the Sailfin hiding and acting frightened.)

I guess a threat of "swimming with the fishes" just doesn't carry the same weight in this case -- a dirt nap, though, now THAT'S a threat!

 

[Nu2SW]

My yellow does it, but not real bad... ANy pics so we can see how bad it is....Tangs to scratch rocks alot Ive seen.

 

[Justin74]

Re: Injured Sailfin

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7703981#post7703981 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RxBandit


...my Coral Beauty is a mobster who killed the Bi-Color and told the Sailfin that he'd be taking a dirt nap if he told anyone...thus the Sailfin hiding and acting frightened.)

Thats a good'n!Heheh,

I'm with bsaastad, wondering if you used some newly fresh carbon to clean this up,definately a must if you havent already. Another great suggestion is Polyfiber, that stuff is highly recommended for polishing out meds and toxins as well.

Since your sailfin's stressed out, Id definately keep a close eye on your levels for a couple days, and address accordingly. If possible turn the lights down low or off for a day, this can help calm everyone down as well while your dialing in your system or just letting them recoup.

-Justin

 

[RxBandit]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, as far as it goes I have been running A PhosBan Reactor filled with Carbon. The water has cleared out completely and looks clear, I just wonder if it isnt residual effect of the FXE. Like i said the water turned the color of...well..vitamin induced..ahh...yeah you know where Im going with this. So I dont know how poisioned it got. Hopefully everything will be fine.

 

[plankton]

After you apply FWE you need to siphon all the dead/dyng flatworms out of your tank before they release toxins. That is one of the reasons folks recommend adding carbon.

The scraping could be caused by Ick (fish's skin is irritated by Ick then scratches self against rock, etc). Or, I guess the fish could have been stressed out by the possible release of toxins from the FWs (if you actually had any flatworns in the tank).

FWE is very effective (at least the first time) and normally FWs die within minutes of the application. e.g. Little black ballons floating around in the tank.

In addition to adding carbon you might want to do a 10% water change (or 2).

Scott

 

[seaworks]

I was going to recommend a water change also, but I think that the % of the water change probably should be based on how bad the infestation was. More flat worms killed equates to a greater amount of toxin released . Leonard