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Hello everyone, so my female clown stopped eating for almost 2 days now and has been acting outta the norm. Water parameters are all good and food hasn't changed. I feed them mysis shrimp and pellets and all the fish love it. She also been spending a lot of time in a cave that she also pushed some sand out and made slightly deeper (you will see the cave at the end of one of the videos) Any ideas would be appreciated. I'll attach couple videos below



 

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Hello everyone, so my female clown stopped eating for almost 2 days now and has been acting outta the norm. Water parameters are all good and food hasn't changed. I feed them mysis shrimp and pellets and all the fish love it. She also been spending a lot of time in a cave that she also pushed some sand out and made slightly deeper (you will see the cave at the end of one of the videos) Any ideas would be appreciated. I'll attach couple videos below





Sorry - there just isn't anything in the videos that help diagnosing this; she looks good, not breathing fast, just ignoring the food. The other fish are eating fine. that tends to rule out any water quality issues, as they would be affected as well as her. Same with most diseases - they would eventually be affected as well, especially the other clownfish.

How long have you had her?
Did her feeding stop suddenly, or did it decline over a couple of days?
 
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Hello everyone, so my female clown stopped eating for almost 2 days now and has been acting outta the norm. Water parameters are all good and food hasn't changed. I feed them mysis shrimp and pellets and all the fish love it. She also been spending a lot of time in a cave that she also pushed some sand out and made slightly deeper (you will see the cave at the end of one of the videos) Any ideas would be appreciated. I'll attach couple videos below





Sorry - there just isn't anything in the videos that help diagnosing this; she looks good, not breathing fast, just ignoring the food. The other fish are eating fine. that tends to rule out any water quality issues, as they would be affected as well as her. Same with most diseases - they would eventually be affected as well, especially the other clownfish.

How long have you had her?
Did her feeding stop suddenly, or did it decline over a couple of days?
I've had her since since the start of the tank which is about few months now. She and my smaller clown were the first in the tank. Yes it started suddenly.
 

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I've had her since since the start of the tank which is about few months now. She and my smaller clown were the first in the tank. Yes it started suddenly.

Ok, sorry, but I don’t have any likely causes for this given the history and symptoms…..
 

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