Anglar in Shock

[cyrus]

I just got home from corpus cristi to find my anglar in shock. His upper lip seems a little curled up like the time my brackish puffer nibbled on a loose anemone tentacle and his eyes are fogged over. Honestly he almost got a porcillin funeral but when I took him out he took a breath!

In my tank thats possible danger, rbta (well out of reach at the top of the tank, frog spawn and hammer corals. The only new thing in the tank was a sea hare???

What should I do to help him? I massaged the bugger and moved him around a bit and that seemed to help and got him breathing more. For now seems to be slowly breathing more and I want to put him in the quarantine tank but I just brought shrimp and fish from the coast for his lunches and they need to go in there.

Any advice is well appreciated!

[danvan75]

wish i could help you, hows the anglar doing today.

[cyrus]

Well, he's still alive. Obvioulsy not shock or he would have gotten over it by now. I dropped him in the 240 and still have my fingers crossed. I'm going with parasite at this point how ever I see no external parasites. I'm not sure if he's moving or the current is moving him but he posted up under an overhang. I get a hold of him everyone in a while and give him physical therapy lol. seems to keep him from stiffening up to bad.