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Hello again. Yesterday my LFS got in some orange storms for me. The owner and I are on good terms so he said I could come pick the best 2 of the 4. There was a clear cut "better" patterned 2 so my decision was easy.
I thought I noticed one of my guys breathing a little heavy in the bag it was hard to tell. After I put them in my tank I realized there is actually something going on with one of my fish. Basically his gills are flared or swollen a little bit and pushed out looking.
Theres no meat to be seen and these came straight from sustainable aquatics so I dont think it was some onset sickness. The internet had mostly anecdotal responses. Things like larval stage water quality issues, or that it was a straight up injury. I texted the LFS owner who has bred clowns and told him whatsup, he asked for some pictures. He agreed something is up and didnt care if I wanted to swap him out. I dont really want to swap him out though because I like this guys pattern and personally think some character is fun in a fish.
The question I have is for the people who have been around a bunch of clowns. I do hope to breed these clowns someday, and need to know if this is a genetic defect or not. I dont want a bunch of defect babies in my future. Basically, I need to know if this guys gills are a genetic defect that could pass to future babies.
I thought I noticed one of my guys breathing a little heavy in the bag it was hard to tell. After I put them in my tank I realized there is actually something going on with one of my fish. Basically his gills are flared or swollen a little bit and pushed out looking.
Theres no meat to be seen and these came straight from sustainable aquatics so I dont think it was some onset sickness. The internet had mostly anecdotal responses. Things like larval stage water quality issues, or that it was a straight up injury. I texted the LFS owner who has bred clowns and told him whatsup, he asked for some pictures. He agreed something is up and didnt care if I wanted to swap him out. I dont really want to swap him out though because I like this guys pattern and personally think some character is fun in a fish.
The question I have is for the people who have been around a bunch of clowns. I do hope to breed these clowns someday, and need to know if this is a genetic defect or not. I dont want a bunch of defect babies in my future. Basically, I need to know if this guys gills are a genetic defect that could pass to future babies.