TerraIncognita Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Got a YWMG and Pistol Shrimp about 1 week ago. The Goby has been the shyest Goby i've ever had. Today this morning he was sitting in the middle of the DT Floor breathing very very hard. I noticed in the last 2 days actually he's been breathing very hard. On que the cleaner shrimp walked up to him and started picking at him for about 1 minute, after the minute he went into his gils and started picking at something there. I could tell it hurt because the goby was twitching and squirming, but he wasn't running away.... There one a really good "pick" and then the Goby flinched, but still didn't run, and a big cloud of IDK What came out of his Gil, like enough of a cloud when I feed frozen food type of cloud.... like wtf... type of cloud..... The shrimp then picked a little more and then the Goby kicked him off. The Goby is still there breathing hard.... but looks a tiny tiny tiny bit happier..... but idk... i've never seen anything like that.... the only thing I could find anywhere online is Gil Flukes which I guess are little parasitic worms.... but idk.. anyone have any idea what's going on? Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Breathing hard (assuming the water parameters are fine, you should check those) sounds like a gill parasite. You should set up a quarantine and start treatment. It's relatively common for fish to twitch a little while a cleaner shrimp is working on them. It's not terribly comfortable for them to be picked at, but it provides some benefit, especially when the fish has a parasite. It will NOT cure the fish's infestation, though, you need to do that. Quote Link to comment
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