Popeye?

There's something up with Killer the wrasse. He was definitely fine yesterday, but today when we got back from work we noticed he has puffy, cloudy eyes. He seems quite distressed with it as he is darting about and it looks like he can't see very well. He has been a vary calm and nosy fish up to now and never seemed bothered by us looking at him. By having a wee look online we have found a few things it could be; gas behind the eyes, popeye, or a bacterial infection.

Whatever it is, we have a problem. Ian was moved into the main tank a week or so ago as he was getting chased by Jazmine and was choosing to hide up at the top of the tank rather than in the rocks or sand. We thought he would be happier in the main tank and it seems he is. However, we now have sickly Killer in the same tank as Jazmine. Jazmine can't go in the main tank incase she has any infections etc but now she is at risk of catching the same infection/ problem as Killer. All we can do it wait and hope Killer will get over it, and then keep our fingers crossed that Jazmine is tough enough not to be affected.

I will keep you posted....

The Coral Muncher

Our green star polyp has been unhappy for almost a week, not opening fully and on some days not opening at all. We read that it is quite common for it to do this for one or two days. In an attempt to cheer it up we moved it to the front of the tank and closer to the light. The following day we spotted the culprit of the upset; a coral munching sea-slug! He is from the Tritoniidae Nudibranch family and is very pretty, but also a little monster! We've fished him out and now he is in the sump. Since moving him to the sump the coral has perked up and is fully open today. If you can give him a new home we would be very grateful. Follow this link.