...somebody loses an eye
My little regal tang was the victim of a vicious attack Saturday night. He went to sleep in his rock but I guess it wasn't as safe as he thought. We suspect a crab got to him and actually ripped one of his eyes out. I knew something was amiss when he didn't show up after the lights came on the next day. I called the fish guy and he came over to check it out. After the clownfish episode, we didn't want to take any chances. We found him alright, underneath the rockwork, shaking, mutilated, scared but alive.
We rigged up a hospital ward with a spaghetti strainer that we jammed underneath the canopy. It's right at the top and the little guy is now well protected. We put him in there with a small rock. He is still breathing this morning. I am hoping he will take food today. We took out two ugly mithrax crabs yesterday but the fish guy is coming back today to go through each rock and make sure we remove all possible culprits. Has this happened to anyone? If so, did the fish survive? I'm really concerned about infections now. We didn't want to remove him from the tank as a trip back to my fish guy's quarantine tank might have been too much.
I really don't want to lose another fish. What a holiday weekened this turned out to be.
Ann
