is this normal?

[reeftankgirl13]

My clown is just chill in here is he hosting this corner or something? I don't see anything wrong with him and water parameters are all in the normal range. pH 8.0 ammonia 0ppm nitrite 0.25ppm nitrate 15ppm

 

[Rick C]

Is the fish breathing heavy? How old is the tank? How long have you had the fish?
On a side note, clowns do odd things at times.

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[Sacohen]

clowns do odd things at times.

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That's why they are called clowns.

 

[bairdimusprime]

As long as its not breathing heavy and is still eating it should be ok. Keep us informed

 

[reeftankgirl13]

It doesn't look like he is breathing heavy. He is the only fish I have and i have already lost one clown. He is only swimming with his left fin and the other one is tucked up against his side. I just fed him and he is eating. Grrr so frustrating

 

[GHill762]

if he doesn't look unhealthy then he's probably clownin' around.. mine lays on the sand too, and he's healthy as a horse.. err.. horsefish.. idk. he's healthy though..

 

[reeftankgirl13]

His top fin is tucked down too. And looking very closely at him. I can't get a pic but it looks like he has little bubbles or something on him. Someone please help I don't want to lose him my other clown looked the same right before he died. What is wrong with my tank. My snails are so healthy but for some reason whenever I get a fish it dies

 

[Sacohen]

It's hard to tell from this picture. I zoomed in on it and I can't see anything on him, but do the bubbles look like white dots?
It could be saltwater ich.

 

[bairdimusprime]

White dots is saltwater ich. Please try to post some clear pics and we will do our best to help you

 

[reeftankgirl13]

Yep. And the other one that died his fins like deteriorated and looks like OT is already happening to him. ready to give up

 

[reeftankgirl13]

He is moving so much I can't get any good pics they all come out blurry and those don't help. I will try again hold on

 

[reeftankgirl13]

No such luck

 

[reeftankgirl13]

What do I do to get rid of it? He looks exactly like that picture posted above

 

[reeftankgirl13]

Freshwater dip = waste of my time

 

[twiggyb]

FW dip just puts a little relief by knocking some of the ich off, hypo salinity would be best, but sometimes won't do it. The other alternative is copper treatment in a separate tank. Just depends on how far gone the fish is which treatment to try.

 

[reeftankgirl13]

Trying hypo salinity. Its in a 1 1/2 gallon bucket. SG is at 1.020. Is that low enough? Don't want to shock him

 

[reeftankgirl13]

How long do I leave him in there?

 

[mike007]

Looks like ich to me. The only way to treat would be adminster copper treatment or get a cleaner shrimp. If you have inverts you cannot treat with copper unless you take them out. Some people run a sterizer to prevent this. Sorry

 

[twiggyb]

you'll have to keep the fish in hypo for 6 weeks at least and as low as 1.010, so you'll want a qt with filtration and heater etc. don't drop it super fast, but a slow drip to match salinity then observe. you'll still need to put something with the live bacteria in the qt for the nitrogen cycle. If you have a sponge in your dt you can use that to have an automatic cycle.

 

[reeftankgirl13]

What are thoughts on kick ich or a different ich medication? Work don't work? Best one to use?