Sick fish?

Lacy · 04/04/2010, 07:58 PM

I bought an orange back wrasse about a month ago. He has been doing fine up until this weekend. He is swimming funny. He is more vertical and his tail fin is not opened like it used to be. He is not being harassed and his fins and body look fine. He is eating but is having trouble swimming after the food. What could be wrong and what can I do?

bertoni · 04/04/2010, 08:26 PM

You might want to try in the fish disease forum, but any treatment will involve removing the fish from the tank. I'd set up a hospital tank and work from there.

04/04/2010, 07:58 PM	#1
Lacy Ex FMAS bod member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 3,837 Blog Entries: 1	Sick fish? I bought an orange back wrasse about a month ago. He has been doing fine up until this weekend. He is swimming funny. He is more vertical and his tail fin is not opened like it used to be. He is not being harassed and his fins and body look fine. He is eating but is having trouble swimming after the food. What could be wrong and what can I do? __________________ Picking out corals under blue lights is like picking up girls/guys while drunk. They never look the same in day light. ;) Current Tank Info: 180 gal mixed reef

04/04/2010, 08:26 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	You might want to try in the fish disease forum, but any treatment will involve removing the fish from the tank. I'd set up a hospital tank and work from there. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni