Mandarine Goby found in anemone

I just found my mandarine goby in what I was told was a white carpet anemone. I quickly put on a glove and got the goby out of the anemone and into a QT tank immediately. Water parameters were checked in both tanks earlier today and all are good with the exception of nitrates at 20 in the main tank / 0 in the QT tank. I will be doing a partial water change in the main tank to get those down.

The reason the goby fell victim to the anemone was because the lights went out with a timer and I did not have the moon lights on and the tank was totally dark for about 15 minutes. Totally dark, the tank is in a windowless room.

Poor thing..... he, is not dead, but not looking the best.

His color is pretty good and at first his breathing was labored but now seems like it is less so (I turned the lights out in the QT tank to try and reduce the stress. There isn't anything in that tank that can harm him) He can't swim normally but I see he is trying when the water current in the QT tank raises his back side. It appears that he can't move his back half at all. He can move his side, flutter fins to get where he wants to go but it is a struggle.

Is there anything I can do? I feel awful.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

I could be wrong but from my experience he is probably not gonna make it. Sorry


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take second opinons if half of him is moveing then "the cup is still half full " im pretty sure anenomes have a paralizer poison or w/e to make prey sit still maybe thats why he cant move his bottom

 

I, too, am an optimist so I had high hopes that the fact that my fish was still moving and breathing was an indication that he might actually be OK if he could recover from the initial trauma. Unfortunately, my poor fish did not make it. His breathing and moving slowly subsided until he was gone.

I am going to miss this fish. He would come to the front of the glass when I was there, as seen here.

 

i think he will make it, i've seen worst, make it!!

 

They just stated, the fish did not make it.
Sorry for your loss, Mandarin goby is a beautiful fish. Interesting enough talking about paralyzer's and toxins. The Mandarin Goby has a poison slime coating on it which acts as the same. You should check your nem for any kind of damage too. I wouldnt think once the anemone touched the mandarin it would keep going.

 

Really pretty fish, fingers are crossed for ya.

 

Sorry to hear about your loss. They are cool fish. Anemones are always a risk in a reef though I guess.

 

Especially carpet nems. They are the most aggressive nems you can have. And their sting is more powerful than most.

 

Sorry for your loss. He was a beautiful fish.