Help! Can't catch sick fish

MagReef · 01-01-2008, 10:41 AM

I have a fish that I bought last week and it appears to be getting cloud eye. It has a whitish growth on it's one eye. I attempted to catch it but have been unable to do so without destroying my tank and stressing it out. Does anyone know of something that I can put in the tank to clear this up without damaging my corals (LPS, Softies, & Zoas) urchin, brittle star, and anemone? I don't want to loose my new fish, either! I have QT tank, but tried for couple hours to catch even tried luring by food, lol. No success!

Thanks, Cari

amcarrig · 01-01-2008, 10:47 AM

Soak some flake food in an antibiotic that's approved for marine fish.

oremug · 01-01-2008, 05:29 PM

My fish when first put in developed a puffy clouded eye, stayed there for about a week then just cleared up. From what I learned on this forum it could have been due to stress. Hopefully it will clear up.

MagReef · 01-05-2008, 08:06 AM

Sick fish is much better. Thanks

Nemo 22 · 01-05-2008, 08:27 AM

fish trap!!!!!!!!!

BaxterS80 · 01-05-2008, 08:46 AM

Well, you definitely dont want to stress the fish out any more then you have to. I would suggest soaking some food in garlic and feeding that for a week or so...This has cleared up many a few things with some of our fish. I would watch and monitor as this may have been caused from the stress of a new tank for the fish as well as the catching and transporting.

If you have to go the way of a trap I used a small plastic container that I purchased at a local store for about 4 bucks. It has a wide opening that most size fish would fit. I then cut a small slit about 3 or 4 inches from the top and and tied small air hose tubing, long enough to tie a not and have it hanging out of the tank. I then begun to shoot mysis shrimp into the container with one of our long feeders that we use to feed our corals.

I have seen people use a 2 liter coke bottle but I was concerned about not getting all of the glue off that is used for adhering the label and any other sediment that may have built up on the bottle.

Funny, the clownfish were the first to go in, and the starry blenny was pecking at the container until he figured out that it was inside and in he went. Finally the fish we were trying to catch, our Cherub Pygmy Angel went in. We then pulled up on the tubing and we removed the Pygmy....

baugherb · 01-05-2008, 09:02 AM

Glad to here your fish is doing better.....

MagReef · 01-05-2008, 05:56 PM

Holy friggin cow.....I was gone for an hour and a half today and in that time my sick/not sick anymore fish disappeared. And, it is currently about six hours later and no sign of the fish. So, either he is hiding really well in the rocks or I am going to need a stomach check on a carpet anemone, 2 shepherds, and 2 bulldogs. Dang it!!