Got a pair of naked clowns from my LFS 8 days ago, and they don’t look so good, breathing heavy and not eating.
My LFS told me the other pair they had died and were breathing heavy, possibly parasites, so I did a 1 hour paraguard dip to be safe. They looked much better when I put them back in, and the bigger one seems to be doing better, but the smaller one is not.
I have tried frozen brine, pellets (soaked and unsoaked), flakes, and live brine all to no avail. I have a lot of copepods as well but I have not seen them eat anything and they are pretty skinny, especially the smaller one.
I noticed today the smaller one lost part of his tail, possibly to my big wrasse. I put him in my 8” breeder box alone. He has a small light patch on his size I can’t tell if it’s from bumping into a rock or fungal or from the wrasse.
What do I do? I want them to eat and stop breathing so heavy. I’ll keep the little one in the box until his tail heals.
My LFS told me the other pair they had died and were breathing heavy, possibly parasites, so I did a 1 hour paraguard dip to be safe. They looked much better when I put them back in, and the bigger one seems to be doing better, but the smaller one is not.
I have tried frozen brine, pellets (soaked and unsoaked), flakes, and live brine all to no avail. I have a lot of copepods as well but I have not seen them eat anything and they are pretty skinny, especially the smaller one.
I noticed today the smaller one lost part of his tail, possibly to my big wrasse. I put him in my 8” breeder box alone. He has a small light patch on his size I can’t tell if it’s from bumping into a rock or fungal or from the wrasse.
What do I do? I want them to eat and stop breathing so heavy. I’ll keep the little one in the box until his tail heals.