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reiko1078
12/09/2008, 09:30 PM
ive been searching for an orange striped prawn goby for months now and finally the LFS got one from a lady who was tearing down her tank. it was fat and healthy looking. i was so happy and the fish was eating fine in my tank from the first day. its been one week and today when i observed the fish it was breathing very heavily, it had redness in its cheeks and its back near its main dorsal fin looked almost like the skin was coming off. fish also makes erradic attempts to gulp air from the surface before returning to the sand bed. everything else in my tank is doing wonderfull including a tiny little YWG that i added about a week before this guy. does any one have any ideas or witnessed these symptoms in there own fish/goby? thanks for any help

chrisstie
12/09/2008, 10:51 PM
I'm wondering if its possible the YWG attacked this goby out of a territorial dispute perhaps?

reiko1078
12/09/2008, 10:53 PM
perhaps but the YWG is seriously about 7/8 inch long and the Orange stripe is about 3 1/2inches.