Clownfish not eating. Sick?

liamelias

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Hi guys. I have a mated pair of clowns that I have had for almost 7 months. They contracted ich on their first month and I treated them with copper in the hospital tank. The ich went away and I chose to keep them in the QT tank this whole time because of 2 fallow periods I did on my DT. Ever since they have been growing so much and feasting on pellets. However a few days ago the female started ignoring pellets and eats 3 or 4. She would eat about 20-25 in comparison. The male has also ignored a few but still eats almost normally. They have had no other contact with fish since they have been in the same hospital tank (obviously without copper anymore) I see some white marks in her upper side so Im dreading this is ich again.

Here is a video. Thank you in advanced

 

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Sometimes fish stop eat their food you feed them all the time and feeding them something else gets them to eat again. Have you tried feeding the clowns sometime else?
 

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I don’t see ick on that fish, yet not always visible.
Behavior looks normal, except loss of appetite.
Just keep eye right now.

Fins look clean in the video for what I can see.
 

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