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No dots etc, heavier breathing, and sticking into the overflow. Is it possible for her to have swim bladder even though she isn't eating?
Extremely worried about male clown
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Entirely possible, as eating has nothing to do with a damaged swim bladder. But swim bladder is more of a condition, not a transmissible disease. So, I highly doubt both of your clowns could have a swim bladder issue at the same time.
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This is the strangest thing I have seen, should I bring her back? maybe the pet store can help her recover better than I can.
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Whatever the hell happened to him, it is happening to her.
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Also, will whatever they have stay in my tank if i get new fish (both of them have not died in my main display)
melypr1985
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I'm so sorry about your female. Since we can't actually identify what's going on here, we have to assume that it can stay in the tank after they are gone. It may be prudent to run fallow after this and sterilize your QT.
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The female is still alive but I took her out as soon as I saw symptoms. The QT has new water, but Idk if it spread to her from my main display
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The same, it does not look good. It is so frustrating that I have no clue what is happening to them
melypr1985
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it's ruff for sure, but we just don't know all there is to know about fish diseases. There are still many many diseases or parasites out there that are a mystery to us.
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I have officially lost my first pair of clownfish. And I just might know the cause, starvation. The first 2 weeks a had them and by the 3rd and 4th week they stopped eating. First the male, then the female no interest about food at all
So very sorry to hear this ...
I have a suspicion that starvation - while it may have been the final cause of death - is more likely to have been a symptom than to have been the actual disease. There's usually a reason that they lose interest in food . . . even if we can't put a finger on it.
~Bruce
I have a suspicion that starvation - while it may have been the final cause of death - is more likely to have been a symptom than to have been the actual disease. There's usually a reason that they lose interest in food . . . even if we can't put a finger on it.
~Bruce
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Thank you Bruce, I do agree because she would have white stringy poo here and there.... which means it could be an internal parasite
+1 Think about the many different diseases we humans face. The same probably holds true for fish.
Ich, velvet, flukes, bacterial infections and the various other fish diseases we discuss probably just scratch the surface. Fortunately, those are the most common - so we know how to advise in most instances.
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I know now to QT my fish and treat them for any internal parasites, but what treatments do I use when I have new fish?
Being velvet is so rampant these days, I feel it is prudent to use copper (I prefer Coppersafe) followed by two rounds of Prazipro.
Or you can substitute CP for copper with most species of fish: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/chloroquine-phosphate.192309/
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Would I dose that all at once and should I do a water change after the process? I heard people keep their fish in QT for a month
This is what's optimal:
- Treat with Coppersafe for 30 days and then remove it from the water.
- Next treat with Prazipro 2x, 5-7 days apart.
Now, some people will combine copper + Prazipro to get total QT time down to 1 month. And that works in most cases. However, complications can arise - such as a bacterial bloom from combining meds - when taking shortcuts.
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Thank you very much! You have been a huge help. I should be going to the lfs sometime this week for new additions.
