Hello R2R community!
I’m running into a problem with a sick clownfish that I’ve had since 7/8/17.
Aquarium size = nuvo 10
Set up on 4/6/17
We purchased a designer “flurry” clown on July 8th and brought him home from the LFS. He swam around like crazy and seemed to act like a normal clown. I’ve never owned a clownfish before, so I’m not entirely sure what is normal behavior other than what I’ve seen in other people’s videos.
He ate and swam around happily for about a week or so eating frozen food just fine. Around July 18th or 19th he started showing signs of being ill, he stopped eating and was sitting near the bottom of the aquarium near the sand bed. I decided to dose Prazipro on July 22nd after two days of not seeing any improvements in health and was looking pretty lethargic.
I dosed as the bottle suggested and as soon as I put in the medicine I noticed that some of the discosoma mushrooms in the tank did NOT like the medicine along with some other corals looking a bit unhappy. They shriveled up to the point where I thought they were going to die. I was worried about them dying, or potentially harming the fish further so I did two small water changes totaling of about 1.5 to 2 gallons.
The fish seemed to act the same swimming close to the sand bed not moving much, I watched him over the next 6 or so hours and nothing changed in his behavior. The next day I noticed he was a bit more active swimming in a new area than he was before above some mushrooms, but still near the lower portion of the tank. He did have white stringy poo that was now starting to appear. The white stringy poo lasted for about two days, but is still not eating as of yesterday night. He’s only slightly more active than before, but still not like he was when we 1st got him.
From what I’ve tried to look into, it sounds like it might be a bacterial infection? I’m just really worried for this little guy.
I’m still new to the saltwater world as I’ve only started as of November 2016, so any help or input is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions please let me know!
What do you think this might be? Do you have any suggestions on what I should do next to help this little fish? Should I do another round of Prazipro?
I will do water test when I get home so that I can provide the latest info.
Thanks in advance!
RicFreak
I’m running into a problem with a sick clownfish that I’ve had since 7/8/17.
Aquarium size = nuvo 10
Set up on 4/6/17
We purchased a designer “flurry” clown on July 8th and brought him home from the LFS. He swam around like crazy and seemed to act like a normal clown. I’ve never owned a clownfish before, so I’m not entirely sure what is normal behavior other than what I’ve seen in other people’s videos.
He ate and swam around happily for about a week or so eating frozen food just fine. Around July 18th or 19th he started showing signs of being ill, he stopped eating and was sitting near the bottom of the aquarium near the sand bed. I decided to dose Prazipro on July 22nd after two days of not seeing any improvements in health and was looking pretty lethargic.
I dosed as the bottle suggested and as soon as I put in the medicine I noticed that some of the discosoma mushrooms in the tank did NOT like the medicine along with some other corals looking a bit unhappy. They shriveled up to the point where I thought they were going to die. I was worried about them dying, or potentially harming the fish further so I did two small water changes totaling of about 1.5 to 2 gallons.
The fish seemed to act the same swimming close to the sand bed not moving much, I watched him over the next 6 or so hours and nothing changed in his behavior. The next day I noticed he was a bit more active swimming in a new area than he was before above some mushrooms, but still near the lower portion of the tank. He did have white stringy poo that was now starting to appear. The white stringy poo lasted for about two days, but is still not eating as of yesterday night. He’s only slightly more active than before, but still not like he was when we 1st got him.
From what I’ve tried to look into, it sounds like it might be a bacterial infection? I’m just really worried for this little guy.
I’m still new to the saltwater world as I’ve only started as of November 2016, so any help or input is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions please let me know!
What do you think this might be? Do you have any suggestions on what I should do next to help this little fish? Should I do another round of Prazipro?
I will do water test when I get home so that I can provide the latest info.
Thanks in advance!
RicFreak