Wrasse Help

[charged45]

Hello,
Mu adult Bipartus wrasse injured his mouth. I've had him over 5 years not sure what could have happened. He's not eating but swimming around normally. Anything I can do?

TY

 

[reefer125g]

How bad is his mouth . Just a skin tear or is it broken.

 

[charged45]

its difficult to tell.

 

[ReeferSutherland]

Picture would help determine how bad the injury is. Maybe smaller foods like rotifers or roe would be easy enough for him to eat


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[charged45]

Pic

 

[Andy V]

This seems to be common with wrasses and often happens out of nowhere. You're lucky it doesn't have a spinal injury and seems to be just a mouth injury. Obviously keep an eye out for lethargy and weird swimming. If you see that, it's almost certain it will starve to death.

I don't really think you can do anything that wouldn't cause more harm than good. I think the only advice I've ever seen is QT with Epsom Salts added to the water. Removal would probably be worse than nothing, especially since the Epsom Salt treatment seems to have a success rate of precisely zero.

 

[reefer125g]

Just let him be is the best bet .

 

[charged45]

I just noticed a bump on the side of his face. He must have dove into something w/speed.

 

[this is me]

Is it fungus?

 

[charged45]

Not sure. My other fish are all fine. Have had the wrasse over 5 years. Haven't added anything new. Not sure how he would get a fungus at this point.