Emaciated and Lethargic Valentini

[Andy Aquariums]

Lately, my Valentini has just been lying on the rocks and refusing to eat. His swimming is slow. I was able to get him out of the display and into the hospital tank but not sure what to treat him with. Any suggestions? All other fish and inverts in display are healthy.

 

[Humblefish]

Have you seen any white stringy poo coming out of him??

 

[Andy Aquariums]

Have you seen any white stringy poo coming out of him??

Not yet.

 

[David]

I recommend to try live blackworms. Live food can stimulate feeding. Might eat Live brine shrimp, but they have little nutritional value. I find blackworms are very fattening. I happen to have a lfs that stocks them. Not available every where. I did not think they were a saltwater fish food, but Paul B recommends them, and he knows his stuff, so I tried them. Now my fish get them ever other day. They live just long enough to get eaten alive in saltwater.

 

[Humblefish]

When he was in the display: Any scratching, heavy breathing, head twitching, swimming into the flow of a powerhead or white spots??

If none of the above, then there's nothing you can really do because you have no treatable symptoms to go on.

 

[Andy Aquariums]

Just got home and he is swiming upside down but still clearly alive. Anything I can do?

 

[Humblefish]

Just got home and he is swiming upside down but still clearly alive. Anything I can do?

Sounds like it might be time for euthansia: How to euthanize a fish

Can you post a video showing the erratic swimming behavior??

 

[Andy Aquariums]

He did't survive the weekend, but today, I cought my wrasse swimming vertically . . . I got him the QT tank but how do I treat this? I am worried now that two fish in one week have swimming issues...Is my whole system at risk?

 

[Andy Aquariums]

also breathing extreamly heavily

 

[Humblefish]

He did't survive the weekend, but today, I cought my wrasse swimming vertically . . . I got him the QT tank but how do I treat this? I am worried now that two fish in one week have swimming issues...Is my whole system at risk?

Head up or head down? The former would be a symptom of a spinal injury; the latter could mean a swim bladder disorder.

 

[Andy Aquariums]

Head up. My cousin is a vet and offered to take a look at it tomorrow. I care less about the wrasse and more about the rest of the tank...