Boiling Fish?!?! Engineer Goby with Issues...

cinematek · 03/16/2008, 11:45 PM

Hi Friends. I got three new fish about a month ago. The Bar Goby went carpet surfing. The Lemon Drop Goby is happy.

And then there's the Engineer Goby. When I first got him he made a home under a rock and disappeared for about two weeks. I thought he had died.

Then I started seeing him pop his head out during feeding time.

Last week, he started swimming around a bit, and I saw something I have never seen before. He is covered with what I can best describe as bubbles. They start at his gills and go all the way to his tail. He has also gone from black and white to mostly translucent.

Other than that, he seems to be relatively healthy. He eats. He swims. He is alive each morning. I finally managed to get some pictures tonight.

Have you ever seen anything like this? What is it?

NewFish3 · 03/17/2008, 12:01 AM

Its kinda hard to tell from your photos.... Before you upload them you need to knock them down in size...Most digital cams will have the photo at 1050 x 700....resize it to around 500 x 250....It will be much better to see..

Now........ Sometimes when you add fish to your tank, they freak out from the change, they will hide & their color can fade. Its just stress.... As long as he comes out & eats, he's fine... just give him time to get used to the tank

FBNitro · 03/17/2008, 01:07 AM

They look like blisters... from what I know (very little) that means a bacterial infection under the skin. Might want to ask in the Disease Forum if you haven't already.

uscharalph · 03/17/2008, 02:26 AM

You're right he doesn't look right? How big is he? Mine never looked like that.

cinematek · 03/17/2008, 08:57 AM

He's about 3 inches long. I'll post over in disease forum, too.

03/16/2008, 11:45 PM	#1
cinematek Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 189	Boiling Fish?!?! Engineer Goby with Issues... Hi Friends. I got three new fish about a month ago. The Bar Goby went carpet surfing. The Lemon Drop Goby is happy. And then there's the Engineer Goby. When I first got him he made a home under a rock and disappeared for about two weeks. I thought he had died. Then I started seeing him pop his head out during feeding time. Last week, he started swimming around a bit, and I saw something I have never seen before. He is covered with what I can best describe as bubbles. They start at his gills and go all the way to his tail. He has also gone from black and white to mostly translucent. Other than that, he seems to be relatively healthy. He eats. He swims. He is alive each morning. I finally managed to get some pictures tonight. Have you ever seen anything like this? What is it?

03/17/2008, 12:01 AM	#2
NewFish3 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,096	Its kinda hard to tell from your photos.... Before you upload them you need to knock them down in size...Most digital cams will have the photo at 1050 x 700....resize it to around 500 x 250....It will be much better to see.. Now........ Sometimes when you add fish to your tank, they freak out from the change, they will hide & their color can fade. Its just stress.... As long as he comes out & eats, he's fine... just give him time to get used to the tank __________________ On a scuba dive in the Cayman Islands, I kept thinking.........Why is that Fish getting bigger.........Then it hit me Current Tank Info: 7 years saltwater.. Setting up a 120 gal reef. Office BioCube 14...1 perc clown, 1 royal gramma, 1 six line wrasse, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, green stripe, brown shrooms, coco worm, purple leather, Misc CUC

03/17/2008, 02:26 AM	#4
uscharalph Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,248	You're right he doesn't look right? How big is he? Mine never looked like that. __________________ Ralph Mendoza Jr. Long Beach, CA Current Tank Info: 80 Gallon Reef Tank

03/17/2008, 01:07 AM	#3
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	They look like blisters... from what I know (very little) that means a bacterial infection under the skin. Might want to ask in the Disease Forum if you haven't already.

03/17/2008, 08:57 AM	#5
cinematek Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 189	He's about 3 inches long. I'll post over in disease forum, too.