telamont
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I have a leopard wrasse. It is in a 40 breeder with an oscellaris, mandarin dragonet, and pygmy hawkfish. I have noticed he has been getting skinny along with the dragonet. I have been trying to fatten them up but I actually have not noticed the wrasse looking so skinny until yesterday. I have not checked parameters yet but I do regular water changes and have plenty of other critters and coral that all look great.
Today, I woke up to see the leopard wrasse was not burrowed (lights are off) and the thinner part of the fins looks chewed away. I recently added (2 days ago) some turbo snails, scarlet hermits, and peppermint shrimp to the system. Most of them are alive but I cannot find the peppermint shrimp easily. The wrasse is staying low to the ground but is lightly swimming. I tossed in some pellets and he ate them off the ground. The fish is skinny and hugging the bottom floor. Anyone have any ideas whats going on? Another irregularity I noticed was that my clam's foot decided to move. The clam had been lose from its rock and I noticed a lot of bristle worms below it. I moved the clam to another rock and it now looks back to normal. The wrasse is also swimming a little more and more as I am typing this. What could have destroyed its fins? I am feeding a mixture of pellets and nutrient enriched brine/mysis as we speak. I have had these creatures for multiple years now and have not had a problem like this yet. I did notice a decline in live food in the system recently but that is all. Anyones input is appreciated. I just relaized last night when the clam was detached i uprooted part of a small rock the size of half a fist. Maybe the fish was near there and something happened? It is missing basically its whole fin on the left except for the hard bone pieces of it. I am very worried.
Thanks for the help.
Today, I woke up to see the leopard wrasse was not burrowed (lights are off) and the thinner part of the fins looks chewed away. I recently added (2 days ago) some turbo snails, scarlet hermits, and peppermint shrimp to the system. Most of them are alive but I cannot find the peppermint shrimp easily. The wrasse is staying low to the ground but is lightly swimming. I tossed in some pellets and he ate them off the ground. The fish is skinny and hugging the bottom floor. Anyone have any ideas whats going on? Another irregularity I noticed was that my clam's foot decided to move. The clam had been lose from its rock and I noticed a lot of bristle worms below it. I moved the clam to another rock and it now looks back to normal. The wrasse is also swimming a little more and more as I am typing this. What could have destroyed its fins? I am feeding a mixture of pellets and nutrient enriched brine/mysis as we speak. I have had these creatures for multiple years now and have not had a problem like this yet. I did notice a decline in live food in the system recently but that is all. Anyones input is appreciated. I just relaized last night when the clam was detached i uprooted part of a small rock the size of half a fist. Maybe the fish was near there and something happened? It is missing basically its whole fin on the left except for the hard bone pieces of it. I am very worried.
Thanks for the help.
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