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Zionas · Jul 17, 2020

Congrats! He’s made it!

SMSREEF · Jul 17, 2020

najer said:
This makes me very happy.

Makes me happy too! Thanks for your help Najer!

Big G said:

Thanks for all the help with him Big G!

DeniseAndy said:
Makes me smile. Thank you for keeping us updated. I think we all love this little guy now!

A big reason he madeit was all the well wishes and love you everyone sent! Thank you DeniseAndy

Zionas said:
Congrats! He’s made it!

He did! He is really a fighter. Thank you Zionas

fishguy242 · Jul 17, 2020

great news

SMSREEF · Jul 17, 2020

fishguy242 said:
great news

Thanks Fishguy! You are the best. Thanks for everything you do as a R2R First Responder

CCauthers · Jul 17, 2020

Just went through this thread, and great job to everyone! Not many people would have gone this far to save a clownfish

SMSREEF · Jul 18, 2020

CCauthers said:
Just went through this thread, and great job to everyone! Not many people would have gone this far to save a clownfish

The help everyone gave me with my little guy was lifesaving. At 3 days in when I was certain he was not suffering and seemed to be trying to swim right and eat, I had to do everything I could to get him through.
He has such an awesome personality and spirit.

Zionas · Jul 18, 2020

That’s great to know. In the ocean Clowns defend their territory, biting sharks if they have to.

najer · Jul 18, 2020

SMSREEF said:
The help everyone gave me with my little guy was lifesaving. At 3 days in when I was certain he was not suffering and seemed to be trying to swim right and eat, I had to do everything I could to get him through.
He has such an awesome personality and spirit.

Wait until the little fighter bites you for the first time and tell us what you call it!

SMSREEF · Jul 18, 2020

Zionas said:
That’s great to know. In the ocean Clowns defend their territory, biting sharks if they have to.

I bet they would! Mine is a little teddy bear right now since it’s young.

najer said:
Wait until the little fighter bites you for the first time and tell us what you call it!

Yes, I’m pretty sure the day will come where he’s gonna bite me. Although, maybe I can train him not to somehow...maybe hand feed him?

najer · Jul 18, 2020

SMSREEF said:
Yes, I’m pretty sure the day will come where he’s gonna bite me. Although, maybe I can train him not to somehow...maybe hand feed him?

I think it is luck of the draw and certain species are worse, I have 2 pairs and have never been bitten.

SMSREEF · Jul 18, 2020

najer said:
I think it is luck of the draw and certain species are worse, I have 2 pairs and have never been bitten.

I can’t imagine your babies ever biting you.

Hopefully my guy will be the same. Otherwise he and I are gonna need to watch Finding Nemo together and discuss what is acceptable in this house.

Qasimja · Jul 18, 2020

I got a mated pair of tomatos and they don't pay me any mind when I put my hand in the tank lol

SMSREEF · Jul 18, 2020

Qasimja said:
I got a mated pair of tomatos and they don't pay me any mind when I put my hand in the tank lol

I just checked them out on your build thread. They are beautiful and even better that they are well behaved.

vetteguy53081 · Jul 18, 2020

Acclimation from one tank to another is very important. Do it as if you just came home from store with a new fish.

SMSREEF · Jul 18, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
Acclimation from one tank to another is very important. Do it as if you just came home from store with a new fish.

I do. My tanks are all kept same temp and same salinity. I still float them in a bag for a while to see how other fish are reacting. Everyone else that got transferred was fine.

This guy just got the crap beat out of him by the angel. Angel got rehomed so I won’t run into that problem again

RickG · Nov 20, 2020

This is so awesome! I have a yellow eye kole tang that is battling the same thing right now. I had placed him in my display and I think he got bullied by scopas possibly rupturing his swim bladder. At least thats my best guess. He is buoyant and tries to turn himself around like your clownfish. I started hand feeding him mysis with a pipette and turned off my pumps. Have some hope after reading this thread! Will try your treatment plan

SMSREEF · Nov 20, 2020

RickG said:
This is so awesome! I have a yellow eye kole tang that is battling the same thing right now. I had placed him in my display and I think he got bullied by scopas possibly rupturing his swim bladder. At least thats my best guess. He is buoyant and tries to turn himself around like your clownfish. I started hand feeding him mysis with a pipette and turned off my pumps. Have some hope after reading this thread! Will try your treatment plan

Wishing you good luck with your kole tang! If he is eating from the pipette, that’s a good sign.