Before going to bed last night- I checked on the tank- I saw the goby sticking his head out from behind the burried nitrex box in the gravel.
I also noticed the emerald crab sitting close to the hole. I grabbed the net and shoe'd him back to the rocks. I woke up this morning, and the crab was in between the glass and the nitrex box (where the goby made his home)
Great.... i said- goby is gone. Then I looked up and saw him starring at me from on top of a rock. I was excited that he survived.
So I checked him out- and it looks like he was injured in the fight. Seems like 1/4 of his lower jaw was snapped off. He is still trying to eat. Ill see if I can grab a picture to show you. It may be he has an infection in his jaw or something that is causing his mouth to look that way- but to me, it looks like he is missing part of his jaw.
I moved my mag float really close to the gravel- just far enough away to make a shelter for him to hide in. He was using it within 2 min of me moving it.
I dosed the tank with primafix and melafix and turned off the skimmer and left the steralizer going for now.
Should I shut it off as well?
I also noticed the emerald crab sitting close to the hole. I grabbed the net and shoe'd him back to the rocks. I woke up this morning, and the crab was in between the glass and the nitrex box (where the goby made his home)
Great.... i said- goby is gone. Then I looked up and saw him starring at me from on top of a rock. I was excited that he survived.
So I checked him out- and it looks like he was injured in the fight. Seems like 1/4 of his lower jaw was snapped off. He is still trying to eat. Ill see if I can grab a picture to show you. It may be he has an infection in his jaw or something that is causing his mouth to look that way- but to me, it looks like he is missing part of his jaw.
I moved my mag float really close to the gravel- just far enough away to make a shelter for him to hide in. He was using it within 2 min of me moving it.
I dosed the tank with primafix and melafix and turned off the skimmer and left the steralizer going for now.
Should I shut it off as well?