Yesterday morning, while I was gonna start my regular routine of feeding the fish, I realized that my 6" FF was stuck to the filter inlet breathing heavily. I get out a stick to move him out, but to my amazement... HE WAS MISSING HIS LEFT EYE!!! Also, a good area of scales behind the gills were missing too.
I suspect that my 9.5" motoro ray may be the culprit, since I've seen her literally pounce on the FF during feeding time (the thing eats like a pig and doesn't stop... eats everything including algae wafers!) Usually it doesn't cause any concern since the FF would wiggle its way from underneith.
The 180g tank also houses a 15" red aro, 6" NTT, 7" IT, and 5 x 5-6" harmless clown loaches. Could any of the other fish be a threat? I know that from time to time my aro will attack the FF if it gets in the way, but no serious injuries have occurred.
Put the FF in a quarentine tank and dosed 2% salt with 50/50 old and new water. Unfortunately, it eventually died of its injuries this evening. So sad because it had really nice colour and high fin. Here's a pic of when I first picked it up. Less than 3".
I suspect that my 9.5" motoro ray may be the culprit, since I've seen her literally pounce on the FF during feeding time (the thing eats like a pig and doesn't stop... eats everything including algae wafers!) Usually it doesn't cause any concern since the FF would wiggle its way from underneith.
The 180g tank also houses a 15" red aro, 6" NTT, 7" IT, and 5 x 5-6" harmless clown loaches. Could any of the other fish be a threat? I know that from time to time my aro will attack the FF if it gets in the way, but no serious injuries have occurred.
Put the FF in a quarentine tank and dosed 2% salt with 50/50 old and new water. Unfortunately, it eventually died of its injuries this evening. So sad because it had really nice colour and high fin. Here's a pic of when I first picked it up. Less than 3".
