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Originally Posted by christyf5
I don't know what to suggest, it could be bacterial or could be predatory (ie a crab or something attacked while he was sleeping, I've lost a few fish that way). I don't know what you can really do at this point, IMO catching the fish and QTing him might just add to his already stressed state.
Its good that he's still eating (?) and could be that he's just wearing himself out trying to swoim with less than great steering and propulsion. I had a midas blenny lose his tail right down to the caudal peduncle (the meaty bit after the fin) and after figuring out that he shouldn't be swimming all the time he finally settled and half of it grew back after quite a number of months.
I don't know what to tell you, its kind of a crapshoot at this point and could go either way. I don't even know what to tell you to treat the fish with if you do decide to QT as you've mentioned his coloration is good.
So ya, basically this is a free bump. I hope he makes it!
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Thanks for the kind words. Its really weird, he did eat again last night, but same thing again, Hes perching, watches the food then when he takes off after it hes only using his front fins to try to swim and not kicking with his tail at all, it does make it odd looking. There is nothing physically wrong with his tail either, just he doesnt seem to want to kick. One thing I was trying to figure out is maybe its due to the up in flow in my tank?? I only had 750GPH on my ocean motion and 2 300gph powerheads. I realize thats not enough for a 90 so I stepped the powerheads up to 1050gph koralia's a few days before all this started. Im looking at about 30X turnover now and its not a total sandstorm. Maybe he just hasnt gotten used to it yet?? Or was lazy before and its a workout now??? My other fish dont even seem phased by it though. I dunno, keep monitoring i guess. Thanks again.