Need some advice from someone smarter than me.
I swapped tanks about 10 days ago. Not sure this has any effect but doesn’t hurt to include.
Saturday my smaller clown started acting lethargic and breathing heavy. Only noticeable appearance change is dulled colors. Nothing new has been added to the tank besides coral in over 6 months. All coral is dipped of course. And all my fish are copper and prazi qt’d for 45 days by me. So I don’t think it’s a disease/parasite but of course it’s not impossible. I’ve had this pair for I wanna say 18 months now and they have never had issues. Besides what I think was worms but couldn’t confirm. Feed medicated food for awhile and symptoms seemed to go away.
Obviously no signs of ich or velvet.
No other fish shows any symptoms what so ever. Ammonia is 0. The only thing I can’t rule out is flukes but that just seems unlikely to me. Maybe his internal worms came back but he doesn’t have a super pinched stomach like before. (I’ve been feeding him the medicated food just incase) I threw in an extra oxygen stone on Saturday just in the off chance that was it but no improvement. He still eats and perks up when I come close to the tank but if I look from across the room he’s just been half laying down. And his fins are getting progressively more tattered. Even the other clown can tell something is up
Any fish medics have any thoughts?
Here’s a video of him. He’s had that tiny white ring since the day I’ve bought him and it’s never changed.
I swapped tanks about 10 days ago. Not sure this has any effect but doesn’t hurt to include.
Saturday my smaller clown started acting lethargic and breathing heavy. Only noticeable appearance change is dulled colors. Nothing new has been added to the tank besides coral in over 6 months. All coral is dipped of course. And all my fish are copper and prazi qt’d for 45 days by me. So I don’t think it’s a disease/parasite but of course it’s not impossible. I’ve had this pair for I wanna say 18 months now and they have never had issues. Besides what I think was worms but couldn’t confirm. Feed medicated food for awhile and symptoms seemed to go away.
Obviously no signs of ich or velvet.
No other fish shows any symptoms what so ever. Ammonia is 0. The only thing I can’t rule out is flukes but that just seems unlikely to me. Maybe his internal worms came back but he doesn’t have a super pinched stomach like before. (I’ve been feeding him the medicated food just incase) I threw in an extra oxygen stone on Saturday just in the off chance that was it but no improvement. He still eats and perks up when I come close to the tank but if I look from across the room he’s just been half laying down. And his fins are getting progressively more tattered. Even the other clown can tell something is up
Any fish medics have any thoughts?
Here’s a video of him. He’s had that tiny white ring since the day I’ve bought him and it’s never changed.
