Snowflake Moray Eel Wound - Aquarium Advice

Jasonanatal · 11-11-2005, 11:31 AM

Good morning guys. I purchased a Snowflake Moray Eel about 2 days ago and performed a proper acclimation to my 55 gallon FOAWLR setup. I have a Volitan Lionfish with doesn't want anything to do with the Snowflake Moray Eel even thought it swims through the Volitan Lionfish Antennae from time to time. This morning I woke up and saw a circular puncture mark on the Snowflake Moray Eel just near his gills. I'm gathering because their is no aggression toward other tank inhabitants that maybe while swimming through the Volitan Lionfish's Antennae that he may have been accidently stung. He is still behaving normally hours after I turned of the lights but I'm afraid of possible infection. It their any advice from anyone that I should be on the lookout for. All of my water parameters are 0 and [acronym:66fbbcd839="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]ph[/acronym:66fbbcd839] is 8.4 Thank you in advance for your advice.

DragonForce · 11-11-2005, 11:42 AM

The very best thing you can do is keep the water quality high. Try feeding less until the wound looks like it is starting to heal up.

Hara · 11-11-2005, 11:54 AM

A long time ago, I bought a jeweled moray from a [acronym:271317b71e="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:271317b71e], they had it in with a green moray. The green shredded this guy. I bought it, took it home and put it in a small hospital tank and treated with melafix for a month. The fish went on to live a lot longer with me. If the wound is not all that severe, it wouldn't take nearly as long to heal. I would suggest a small hospital tank and melafix.
The wound also sounds like what a puffer or trigger would make on a fish it was not happy about.

Jasonanatal · 11-11-2005, 12:07 PM

Well I'm sure that my Starry Puffer did not touch him because he is within a [acronym:f18721accb="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:f18721accb] tank all by himself because he is having his own issues. It is a very small wound and the Snowflake Moray Eel does not seem bothred by it one bit. I'm guessing it will heal nicely. Does melafix add any type of stress coat because I would hate to render my Seaclone 150 protien skimmer non-functional.

Hara · 11-11-2005, 12:26 PM

do not add melafix to the main tank. It should be done in a hospital tank only. It would make your skimmer go crazy.

Jasonanatal · 11-11-2005, 12:36 PM

Duely noted and will not do. What would I do with out your people

11-11-2005, 11:31 AM	#1
Jasonanatal Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Poughkeepsie, New York Posts: 142 Images: 1	Snowflake Moray Eel Wound Good morning guys. I purchased a Snowflake Moray Eel about 2 days ago and performed a proper acclimation to my 55 gallon FOAWLR setup. I have a Volitan Lionfish with doesn't want anything to do with the Snowflake Moray Eel even thought it swims through the Volitan Lionfish Antennae from time to time. This morning I woke up and saw a circular puncture mark on the Snowflake Moray Eel just near his gills. I'm gathering because their is no aggression toward other tank inhabitants that maybe while swimming through the Volitan Lionfish's Antennae that he may have been accidently stung. He is still behaving normally hours after I turned of the lights but I'm afraid of possible infection. It their any advice from anyone that I should be on the lookout for. All of my water parameters are 0 and [acronym:66fbbcd839="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]ph[/acronym:66fbbcd839] is 8.4 Thank you in advance for your advice.

11-11-2005, 11:42 AM	#2
DragonForce Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 925 Images: 1	The very best thing you can do is keep the water quality high. Try feeding less until the wound looks like it is starting to heal up. __________________ 37 [acronym="Gallon"]gal[/acronym] all glass 50lb [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] 3' fine sand bed 1x Orange Stripe Prawn shrimp goby, 1x sixline wrassemated pair of true percula clowns, 1x CBS shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, 1x pistol shrimp, 1x tiger tale [acronym="Sea cucumber"]cuke[/acronym], ~20+ snails, ~10+ hermits, 1xserpent star. green Bubble coral, hammer coral (8 heads!) ,various Zoos,green finger leather, green star polpys ,[acronym="Mushroom coral"]shrooms[/acronym] 175w 10k [acronym="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym] 28w actinic [acronym="Actinic lighting"]03[/acronym] 2x maxi jett 1200 Prizm skimmer (modded) Hagen powerfilter(for running carbon 24/7) nano arctica chiller

11-11-2005, 11:54 AM	#3
Hara Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,867 Images: 33	A long time ago, I bought a jeweled moray from a [acronym:271317b71e="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:271317b71e], they had it in with a green moray. The green shredded this guy. I bought it, took it home and put it in a small hospital tank and treated with melafix for a month. The fish went on to live a lot longer with me. If the wound is not all that severe, it wouldn't take nearly as long to heal. I would suggest a small hospital tank and melafix. The wound also sounds like what a puffer or trigger would make on a fish it was not happy about. __________________ ~~~~~Hara~~~~~~ View My Tanks Visit FantasyReef.com's Databases!

11-11-2005, 12:26 PM	#5
Hara Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,867 Images: 33	do not add melafix to the main tank. It should be done in a hospital tank only. It would make your skimmer go crazy. __________________ ~~~~~Hara~~~~~~ View My Tanks Visit FantasyReef.com's Databases!

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11-11-2005, 12:07 PM	#4
Jasonanatal Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Poughkeepsie, New York Posts: 142 Images: 1	Well I'm sure that my Starry Puffer did not touch him because he is within a [acronym:f18721accb="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:f18721accb] tank all by himself because he is having his own issues. It is a very small wound and the Snowflake Moray Eel does not seem bothred by it one bit. I'm guessing it will heal nicely. Does melafix add any type of stress coat because I would hate to render my Seaclone 150 protien skimmer non-functional.

11-11-2005, 12:36 PM	#6
Jasonanatal Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Poughkeepsie, New York Posts: 142 Images: 1	Duely noted and will not do. What would I do with out your people

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