Corals attack...bubbled my wrasse!

[jlazo]

I woke up this morning wondering where my new 6-line wrasse was. I noticed that some mushrooms had fallen down on my trumpet coral. When I lifted it up I saw my wrasse in my trumpet branches. It was completely encased in a bubble of slime. He was still alive, and when I grabbed the bubble and wripped it open out be swam. Weird! He unfortunately has some sort of infection, bacterial, his fins are a little cloudy. Hope he makes it! He did eat after the whole ordeal. We will see! What do you think?

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Jeffrey
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[Rin]

Isn't a 6-line Wrasse also called a soap fish. They give off an extra heavy slime coat when agitated or stressed. This slime is toxic and could possibly affect the population.

I might be wrong, it's been a while since I read up on that. You might want to consider getting him over to a hospital tank with lots of good filtration.

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-Todd
'Only the corrupted can recognize true innocence for what it is.'

[jlazo]

Well now I feel stupid! I guess you learn something new every day! Thanks.

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Jeffrey
"We learn wisdom by seeing the misfortune of others"
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Check out my website!
http://www.reeflovers.org/~jlazo

[Rin]

Don't feel too stupid...I might be wrong. I'm trying to check my sources, but I'm at work right now with no access to any of my books.

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-Todd
'Only the corrupted can recognize true innocence for what it is.'

[Rin]

Yep, I'm wrong. The fish I'm thinking of is the 6-line grouper (Grammistes sexlineatus)

Your fish probably did produce the mucus in response to being stung by the coral. I hope he'll be O.K. Sorry for the confusion.

-Todd
'It's hard to walk with one foot in your mouth'