Lost male clown :-(

[Jimbo662]

Over the last 3-4 days I'd noticed my clowns were no longer hanging out together. They'd just spawned early last week. He looked perfectly normal yesterday afternoon when I fed. When I walked by the tank about 5:30 this morning he was swimming but you could tell he didn't have much strength as the powerheads were pushing him around. Went back in at 8am and he was dead. Here's a pic in the tank and out. His fins and tail were still black but all the black areas on his body were faded / gray. Any ideas? I've had them about 3 yrs. all other fish including the female all look fine.

 

[BestMomEver]

I’m so sorry. He was beautiful. I had a bonded/breeding pair of Clarkii and, out of the blue, the female went crazy and nearly killed the male. He had virtually no fins left and had bruises everywhere. I managed to scoop him up and drop him another tank where he recovered nicely.

Sometimes there’s no explanation for a fish’s demise. I hate that you lost him.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Have you added anything new (wet)to the tank?

 

[Jimbo662]

Have you added anything new (wet)to the tank?

No, nothing new.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

No, nothing new.

How long have you had them?

 

[RJinPV]

My male clown died after about 3 years too. Not sure what happened. He was bonded with a female and shared a BTA. One day he stopped eating and left the BTA and moved to a torch. He died a shortly afterward. About a month later I added a small clown and the female accepted him and paired up. They are both going strong. The female is about 5 years old now

 

[4FordFamily]

Post Mortem photos are tough, because it almost always seems to look like infections. In the water photo it looks like his eye and mucous layer is “dusty” or cloudy, is that an accurate characterization?

 

[Jimbo662]

How long have you had them?

I've had them right at 3 yrs.

Post Mortem photos are tough, because it almost always seems to look like infections. In the water photo it looks like his eye and mucous layer is “dusty” or cloudy, is that an accurate characterization?

No, I think the water photo looks like that because the light were just coming on and it was all blues.