Yellow Watchman with a hole in it's side!

[Albertan22]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

It's probably best to put the poor little guy out of his misery, try feeding like Myka said but if he doesn't bite aim of the game is quick and painless.

Can you actually see inside of him? I can't quite tell from the photo.

Yes you can actually see inside, there's a hollow space behind the hole and a membran with veins and organs inside of that. I don't really understand how he's still alive, but I feel a responsibility to try to help him through this as best I can. He just went into quarantine yesterday and I don't think the stress of removing him to the hospital/quarantine tank helped him out any. I'm hoping that maybe the reason he's stopped eating is because of the move, maybe he'll start again soon. I'm going to give him at least another day to aclimate to the new tank before I make any decisions on helping him to the big reef in the sky

[Albertan22]

So I've got my goby eating again and he's actually looking a bit better. The general discoloration seems to be going away and I think the hole may be starting to close up a little bit. I'm reaching the end of the antibiotic treatment, but the directions say I can go up to three weeks "if necessary". How do I know whether to switch from the antibiotic to something like Melafix, or continue on with the antibiotic treatment?