Timbo3416 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 A couple weeks back I thought I noticed a lump on the side of my Blue Spotted Watchman Goby. He does such a good job hiding that I thought maybe it was just my imagination. I woke up today to find him out of cover on the side of the tank seemingly struggling to breathe. Where I thought I saw the lump on him is now a huge open wound.I pulled him from my DT and put him in a 2.5 gallon aquarium to use as a hospital tank. I haven't added anything recently so I am not sure what he has.Can anyone shed light on what he has and what the recommnded treatment would be? Or is he going to die no matter what I do?Is there some treatment I should do on the DT to keep this from spreading to anything else? I have lots of corals of all types in the DT so any treatment has to be safe for a reef tank.Any help is appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I've only seen wounds like that associated with some type of bacterial infection. It's a shot in the dark though. Some type of antiobiotic medication might help, like Furan 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'd look into water quality as an issue if bacterial infections are involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardlaw Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 FWIW when I had a huge carpet anemone this happened to my diamond headed goby. i had no other fish issues, and he eventually died to the carpet, so i assumed this was the issue Ty is the expert though. do you have any large nemes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I wouldn't qualify myself as an expert on fish diseases... more like well read. Haha. More firsthand experience is needed for that moniker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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