One of my two clowns started being lathargic, not as interested in eating as the smaller one, and I just noticed today that he had some sort of white almost fungus/parasite on one of his gils. He's had stringy poop for a few days, but I read it may be mysis causing it. The other one has not had any stringy poop despite being a more voracious eater. Normal food is pellets, sometimes frozen mysys. I bought some bloodworms today, but neither seemed to think they could eat the blood worms. Also got some other frozen food to mix up the diet. Lots of copepods in the tank, but they don't seem to be avid hunters. Once in a while I'll soak mysis/pellets in vitamins, but they miss 95% of the pellets, so probably not impactful.
I've had these fish for probably 3 months, they spent a month in quarantine where they did 2 rounds of prazi and 2 formalin baths (it could have been 1, I forget, but swore it was 2). I also did the tank transfer method before putting them in the tank. They've been both eating fine, just hanging out in the corner. They've never showed any signs of disease or stress that I've seen. The tank was barren of fish for 4 months before it got any fish, no other outward signs of disease that I can tell except not eating much and that white spot.
Only other tank inhabitant is a yellow tang who went through the same procedure and is healthy as can be.
I'm thinking of putting them both (shouldn't I do both clown fish if one is sick, need a friend?) in the hospital tank and doing another few rounds of prazi and formalin. I have copper as well, but they came from a LFS which ran copper, so not convinced that did much except keep it at bay.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill
I've had these fish for probably 3 months, they spent a month in quarantine where they did 2 rounds of prazi and 2 formalin baths (it could have been 1, I forget, but swore it was 2). I also did the tank transfer method before putting them in the tank. They've been both eating fine, just hanging out in the corner. They've never showed any signs of disease or stress that I've seen. The tank was barren of fish for 4 months before it got any fish, no other outward signs of disease that I can tell except not eating much and that white spot.
Only other tank inhabitant is a yellow tang who went through the same procedure and is healthy as can be.
I'm thinking of putting them both (shouldn't I do both clown fish if one is sick, need a friend?) in the hospital tank and doing another few rounds of prazi and formalin. I have copper as well, but they came from a LFS which ran copper, so not convinced that did much except keep it at bay.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill
Seachem MetroPlex can be dosed directly in QT, or soaking fish food with it provides an alternative (and reef safe) treatment option. Two other available options are: Paracide-X (mixed in food) and Paracide-D (in-tank treatment).
Below are a couple of good reads:
