So I'm at a loss at what's wrong with my occ clown. I've had her since early March, she went through quarantine and all that, and has been happy in my display for months. A little over a month ago I noticed she wasn't eating, was acting stressed, looked a little bloated, and I thought I noticed some stringy poo (just as small bit, no super long strand). I removed her from the display into quarantine, started treating with metroplex, and fed her focus+general cure laced food for about three weeks.
She seemed fine after that, so she went back to the display, where she was super active, ate everything I put in the tank for about 5 days, when she resumed this not eating and acting odd. I waited, and two days later she was back to her old self eating like a pig like clowns do. A few days later, same thing, not eating, acting odd. So I decided to pull her again, and put her back in my QT. In the QT I started with general cure (two doses about 3 days apart with a WC before 2nd dose). She wouldn't eat the first day and half back in QT, but when she did I began feeding her food with metroplex+neoplex+focus. After eating that for about four days, she again stopped eating.
I noticed I hadn't seen any poop in the QT, so I started guessing maybe she was constipated. I added 1 tablespoon per 5g of epsom salt. That did nothing. Still wouldn't eat. I saw mention on previous posts that kanaplex can assist with constipation, so after doing another WC and running carbon yesterday I added kanaplex to the tank. Today she still will not eat.
At this point I have no idea what to do for her. She hasn't eaten for like 5-6 days. She shows no obvious outward signs of disease, but to me she appears to be breathing somewhat fast. Other than that though, no white spots, nothing that looks like brook. I can't imagine there are flukes, she's been through two courses of general cure. She mostly stays in the PVC pieces in the tank, but will come out to look at me when she sees me by the tank. However she won't eat anything I've tried. I've tried marine cuisine, TDO Chromaboost, WWC frozen food, frozen brine. These are all things she previously ate, but she has zero interest in them. I'm at a loss at what to try now.
not sure if this helps but here is a short video of her in QT
She seemed fine after that, so she went back to the display, where she was super active, ate everything I put in the tank for about 5 days, when she resumed this not eating and acting odd. I waited, and two days later she was back to her old self eating like a pig like clowns do. A few days later, same thing, not eating, acting odd. So I decided to pull her again, and put her back in my QT. In the QT I started with general cure (two doses about 3 days apart with a WC before 2nd dose). She wouldn't eat the first day and half back in QT, but when she did I began feeding her food with metroplex+neoplex+focus. After eating that for about four days, she again stopped eating.
I noticed I hadn't seen any poop in the QT, so I started guessing maybe she was constipated. I added 1 tablespoon per 5g of epsom salt. That did nothing. Still wouldn't eat. I saw mention on previous posts that kanaplex can assist with constipation, so after doing another WC and running carbon yesterday I added kanaplex to the tank. Today she still will not eat.
At this point I have no idea what to do for her. She hasn't eaten for like 5-6 days. She shows no obvious outward signs of disease, but to me she appears to be breathing somewhat fast. Other than that though, no white spots, nothing that looks like brook. I can't imagine there are flukes, she's been through two courses of general cure. She mostly stays in the PVC pieces in the tank, but will come out to look at me when she sees me by the tank. However she won't eat anything I've tried. I've tried marine cuisine, TDO Chromaboost, WWC frozen food, frozen brine. These are all things she previously ate, but she has zero interest in them. I'm at a loss at what to try now.
not sure if this helps but here is a short video of her in QT
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