I have paired davinci snowflake clowns and they have never attempted to be hosted by any of my anemones or euphyllias before but last night they started. My male and female were both nuzzling a frogspawn and had no visible ill affects at the time, my male ended up going to my joker torch with what appears to be no issue the torch doesn't looks incredibly stressed either. While my female is continuing to stick with the frogspawn and I noticed her nipping at it which I read is an attempt to develop slime coat immune to its stings; But today she wont eat I tried a couple foods, shes still pretty perky, but her mouth seems a little swollen and open probably due to being stung, the frogspawn is somewhat big and isn't likely to die or anything, I'm more worried about the clown, since writing This I've moved my biggest BTA over to the clowns 'spot' in hopes she'll attempt that and the anemone will be more open to hosting than the frogspawn. Any thoughts? Can a frogspawn kill the clown or will it adjust? I could potentially move the frogspawn to a smaller tank but that would be reaaaally less than ideal for the frogspawn but would probably be okay. The clownfish could also potentially be moved to the other tank but I dont want to separate them. I'm not sure if the joker torch will bother the male but I'm keeping a close eye, all thoughts/advice/experiences appreciated, thanks.
Help with clownfish
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EmdeReef
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Right now it’s Likely just a sting (pics would help), but sometimes those can become infections. If so, you’d have to treat with antibiotics. For now I’d observe and watch for changes.
@EmdeReef, Okay, how will antibiotics affects inverts, I realize copper based medications for ich and diseases would wipe the reef but how about antibiotics. Also aside from just not getting better or getting worse, any visual ques I can look for to signal an infection?
Not the greatest photo but you can see the female has a little white spot by her mouth aswell as oh the other side, I'm sure it's not ich or a disease as the male would have it too. But on a more positive note her mouth looks to have a few more sores today but isn't as swollen and I got her to eat.
Dom
Full Time Reef Keeper
You also may want to get antibiotics on hand in case you DO have to treat. Better to have them on hand and not need them then to need them and have to wait for them to arrive via shipping.
EmdeReef
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Thats great news! Best outcome is when fish recover on their own. I’d just keep observing and presumably over time they’ll either get used to the sting or give up. Keep us posted!
