Does clownfish have parasites!? HELP!!

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I was doing what it said on the packet to do. And I was dosing it in the 5 gallon it was half a packet every 48 hours and I was supposed to do 25% water changes every 4 days witch I did. I think I did about 42 dosings.
 

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if you want to treat, then treat with prazipro. i just suggest a qt tank and if you are doing it I would also suggest going the whole way and do a copper treatment as well. In the future only buy fish from places that quarantine if you can
 

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tsm aquatics and marinecollectors are 2 off that top of my head that quarantine all your fish
 
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And dedragon the scatching was somewhat like the video except in the video the tangs were scratching with their whole body the clownfish only scratch the top half close to thier gills. What should I do?
 

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i think they send direct from ora so if you didnt put any other water into you tank and didnt use live rock, i doubt you have parasite
 

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Then why are they scratching why do they have white stringy poop why do they have black pimple and why do they swim erratically? What am I gonna do?
Calm down, clownfish are tough. Those symptoms are probably not related to one another. The stringy poop is not inherently a symptom of parasites, it can also just be mucus. What do you mean by swim erratically? Clownfish are weird and they swim weird, is that what you mean?
 
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It is really hard to explain but I know it is not normal clownfish swimming becuse I know clownfish swim weird but this is not normal. I will try to explain it but it is like all of a sudden the female will like flip her self over in the water or just kind of go crazy but it doesn't last long.
 

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