Clown fish help

[Tom Van Wassenhove]

Phone Found my confish on the bottom of my tank he was being harassed by my damsel. Not very active I looked at his gills hes breathing heavily. Not really sure what's up. I have Paraguayan and and some formalin for treatment. Which treatment should I try or should I Start with a fresh water dip.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Phone Found my confish on the bottom of my tank he was being harassed by my damsel. Not very active I looked at his gills hes breathing heavily. Not really sure what's up. I have Paraguayan and and some formalin for treatment. Which treatment should I try or should I Start with a fresh water dip.

HI - sorry to see, your fish is "moribund", very close to death. It is unlikely that any treatment will work fast enough to save it.

Do you know if the damselfish started this issue or did the clownfish have some other issue and then the damselfish began to pick on it?

You can try a FW dip, but that will likely prove fatal. Don't use formalin, that will only make the fish breath harder.

Jay

 

[Tom Van Wassenhove]

The dang The damsel has always been somewhat of a bully. To all the fish at 1 time or another. I did a 5 minute freshwater dip on the clown fish And so far you survived. I have a minute 10 gallon tank with a hangon overflow All by himself right now. The rest of the fish seem to be doing OK I do have some ParaGuard and it is sapose to be safer then Formalin.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Agree with Jay- its moribund which is a state in which fish is in such high distress and may or not make it and unfortunately there is no treatment to perk it up. Often crashing into object, aggression and illness puts them into this weakness. You can add aeration to see if it perks up but with no guarantee