Please Help - Wrasse Is On His Side

[bitfishy]

My wrasse is lying on his side at the bottom of the tank - is there anything that can be done. Everything else is fine - did a big water change yesterday, I might have knocked him in the process (he went 'to bed' in the sand halfway through), or more likely its because I accidently unplugged the thermostat and when I woke up this morning the tank was down to 68 degrees. Is there anything I can do?

 

[Truck]

My wrasse is lying on his side at the bottom of the tank - is there anything that can be done. Everything else is fine - did a big water change yesterday, I might have knocked him in the process (he went 'to bed' in the sand halfway through), or more likely its because I accidently unplugged the thermostat and when I woke up this morning the tank was down to 68 degrees. Is there anything I can do?

turn the heater back on, and post your water stats

 

[bitfishy]

Thanks truckasaurus - I'd checked my stats a few days back and laziness made me convince myself that everything was fine in that department (I did stick an ammonia strip in!!). I'm ashamed to not have done this first however my ph was about 7.8. I've brought it back up now. I saw my clownfish dive bomb the wrasse so decided to catcg her a put her in a breeding net - however she scooted away from me and has since been upright for half an hour or more now. I can't believe the difference, she swimming about OK now. She got a slight wobble which she can control but you can tell she's going to more effort than her partner. she did manage to catch a brine shrimp though. Unfortunately she now has a chunk out of her side - damn those clownfish.

I am however perplexed as to why this only affected her - is she weak? If so, other than garlic, is there anything I can give her to pep her up a bit - particularly as she now has some healing to do. Also, is it likely that the wobble will pass or is she still in danger?

Thanks again - you may just have saved a lovely peacock wrasse from death by owner laziness.

 

[SkiFletch]

Best you can do is try and eliminate stress for the fish and pray it eats... Good luck