Hi.
quick back story - ordered 2 clowns online (never again) the larger one had obviously something wrong with it as the fish was breathing heavy straight away, swam with its head in the air and it’s Gills we’re opening wide and would often swim in to the RFG. Being a noob to disease and illnesses I initially though it was stressed and it would settle down as the smaller clown looked normal. My water Params were 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 2.5 nitrate, salinity 1.024 and float acclimated for 40mins. These were the only fish in the tank.
6 days later the large clown deteriorated quickly sitting at the bottom of the tank breathing hard but still trying to swim but would eventually go back and start resting again at the bottom. I quickly set up a qt tank and did a fresh water dip but the fish died about 30mins after the dip. I didn’t see any flukes.
I moved the remaining clown in to the Qt as I noticed he had white stringy poo. While being in QT as advised by LFS I started treatment with praziquantel and seems to be getting worse. He has now started breathing heavy, flared gills, will not touch food and hovers in one stop facing towards the surface breathing heavy. (Similar to the dead clown) He every so often flicks his head like if you poked a hamster in the side. It’s fair to say I’m out my depth now and exhausted by it and I still haven’t got a clue what’s actually wrong. I’m based in the UK so all these treatments I read about are difficult to find, also I have 2 spare pumps facing straight up so the water is plenty oxygenated. Many thanks
quick back story - ordered 2 clowns online (never again) the larger one had obviously something wrong with it as the fish was breathing heavy straight away, swam with its head in the air and it’s Gills we’re opening wide and would often swim in to the RFG. Being a noob to disease and illnesses I initially though it was stressed and it would settle down as the smaller clown looked normal. My water Params were 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 2.5 nitrate, salinity 1.024 and float acclimated for 40mins. These were the only fish in the tank.
6 days later the large clown deteriorated quickly sitting at the bottom of the tank breathing hard but still trying to swim but would eventually go back and start resting again at the bottom. I quickly set up a qt tank and did a fresh water dip but the fish died about 30mins after the dip. I didn’t see any flukes.
I moved the remaining clown in to the Qt as I noticed he had white stringy poo. While being in QT as advised by LFS I started treatment with praziquantel and seems to be getting worse. He has now started breathing heavy, flared gills, will not touch food and hovers in one stop facing towards the surface breathing heavy. (Similar to the dead clown) He every so often flicks his head like if you poked a hamster in the side. It’s fair to say I’m out my depth now and exhausted by it and I still haven’t got a clue what’s actually wrong. I’m based in the UK so all these treatments I read about are difficult to find, also I have 2 spare pumps facing straight up so the water is plenty oxygenated. Many thanks