Fire fish has a bruise or something on side?

ser_renely · 01/17/2009, 09:43 PM

So I have noticed my firefish hiding from time to time in his hole. which made me look at him a little closer. I noticed he has what looks like a bruise or a cut on him....although I have no idea what a cut on a fish looks like.

Anytime I throw in food he comes out and eats at a good pace, only to be out done by the female clown. He seems fine other then going to his hole during the day from time to time.

I will try and get a pic, but too hard.

If anyone has any ideas, let me know. Probably too hard to know from my description.

Thanks,
Ser

Teen Aquarist · 01/17/2009, 09:50 PM

Dont worry about it my flame hawkfish gets beaten up all the time and losses fins and stuff and they grow back in a week or two.

ser_renely · 01/18/2009, 11:38 AM

thanks, how long does a bruise or cut visible for?

Teen Aquarist · 01/18/2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by ser_renely
thanks, how long does a bruise or cut visible for?

Right now my tomato clown cut itself on a rock running away from the pink skunk about a week ago and its still there. I would say less than a month though.

Sk8r · 01/18/2009, 11:57 AM

pistol shrimp is your likely suspect. Mine has killed several burrow-sleeping fishes, I strongly suspect, and I am no longer advising people toward that pairing.

cloak · 01/18/2009, 02:37 PM

If it's not a cut, something a fish might recieve by miscalculating a sudden dart and hitting a rock. I wonder if the fish might have been stung by a coral. There is a word for this, I can't remember it though.

Just a thought.

ser_renely · 01/18/2009, 05:37 PM

Thanks guys, I will be monitoring him/her.... my first thought was a pistol, coincidentally.

01/17/2009, 09:43 PM	#1
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	Fire fish has a bruise or something on side? So I have noticed my firefish hiding from time to time in his hole. which made me look at him a little closer. I noticed he has what looks like a bruise or a cut on him....although I have no idea what a cut on a fish looks like. Anytime I throw in food he comes out and eats at a good pace, only to be out done by the female clown. He seems fine other then going to his hole during the day from time to time. I will try and get a pic, but too hard. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. Probably too hard to know from my description. Thanks, Ser __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

01/17/2009, 09:50 PM	#2
Teen Aquarist Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 411	Dont worry about it my flame hawkfish gets beaten up all the time and losses fins and stuff and they grow back in a week or two. __________________ One thing's for sure: Nobody ever sees the Pool Shark coming Current Tank Info: 180 gallon fowlr and 25 gallon sump and a 24 gallon nano reef

01/18/2009, 11:38 AM	#3
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	thanks, how long does a bruise or cut visible for? __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

01/18/2009, 11:57 AM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	pistol shrimp is your likely suspect. Mine has killed several burrow-sleeping fishes, I strongly suspect, and I am no longer advising people toward that pairing. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

01/18/2009, 05:37 PM	#7
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	Thanks guys, I will be monitoring him/her.... my first thought was a pistol, coincidentally. __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

01/18/2009, 02:37 PM	#6
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	If it's not a cut, something a fish might recieve by miscalculating a sudden dart and hitting a rock. I wonder if the fish might have been stung by a coral. There is a word for this, I can't remember it though. Just a thought.