scottgoad
New Member
Hi everyone. I have scoured the threads and I can't seem to find which possible issue my clownfish has. This is the 2nd clownfish that's gotten sick in the tank, the first one died about 3 -4 weeks ago. Pictures posted below and more details in the following paragraphs. Out of abundance of caution after last death, I setup a 10g QT tank, using the Copper Power with 2.0ppm solution to be sure the fish don't go into shock. Assuming this is the right course of treatment, I'll move up to 2.5ppm therapeutic level over the next few days.
History: The display tank is 40g Aquatop Recife AIO. The tank has been established and cycled for 4-5 months. The original clownfish pair (which are now back in the 40g) were moved to another Aquatop 24g AIO that's in my office, and they were replaced with another pair from LFS (Dallas North Aquarium). Both pair were designer Ocellaris and purchased as pairs. About 1 month ago, female in the 40g displayed symptoms of hiding in the rocks, somewhat lethargic but was still eating. After a few days, I noticed a spot on the nose and made the 1.5 hour drive to LFS to figure out what to do. Too little too late, unfortunately. I setup the QT, did a freshwater bath with RODI and then into the QT with 2.5 ppm Copper Power (blue). The fish died later that evening.
After this, and unsure what was going on, I treated the display tank with Ruby Reef Rally per the instructions. Everything in tank has been fine, minus 3 snails that died. Corals and anemone are all doing well, along with the remaining living clown (was never removed from DT, never showed signs of infection).
2 weeks ago, my significant other wanted to bring the original pair back home from my office. We decided to take the lone clown to the smaller tank and bring the other pair home. Fast forward to yesterday, the larger clown (picture below) was hiding in the rocks and not really moving around much. Looking at the fish for a few minutes I could tell it looked like it was struggling to breathe. I quickly setup the 10g QT, brought up salinity and temp to match display tank. I decided to take both clowns to the QT in fear they would both get sick. That was last night. This AM they are both still alive, but the bigger one (pictured below) still having issues. The only action I've taken is the 2.0ppm CopperPower (blue) QT tank. I have an airstone and a cheap HOB filter (no media) to keep aeration in the tank.
I was concerned the RODI freshwater dip (on the previous sick fish) coupled with whatever the issue was (guessing flukes) caused enough stress it couldn't get healthy. I have PraziPro available and am headed to AquaShella this afternoon in Dallas to see if I can figure out what's going on.
If anyone has ideas, please let me know. I'm new to this, have been out of the hobby 20 years and this is a little disheartening. I don't want any more pets to suffer!
Thank you,
Scott
History: The display tank is 40g Aquatop Recife AIO. The tank has been established and cycled for 4-5 months. The original clownfish pair (which are now back in the 40g) were moved to another Aquatop 24g AIO that's in my office, and they were replaced with another pair from LFS (Dallas North Aquarium). Both pair were designer Ocellaris and purchased as pairs. About 1 month ago, female in the 40g displayed symptoms of hiding in the rocks, somewhat lethargic but was still eating. After a few days, I noticed a spot on the nose and made the 1.5 hour drive to LFS to figure out what to do. Too little too late, unfortunately. I setup the QT, did a freshwater bath with RODI and then into the QT with 2.5 ppm Copper Power (blue). The fish died later that evening.
After this, and unsure what was going on, I treated the display tank with Ruby Reef Rally per the instructions. Everything in tank has been fine, minus 3 snails that died. Corals and anemone are all doing well, along with the remaining living clown (was never removed from DT, never showed signs of infection).
2 weeks ago, my significant other wanted to bring the original pair back home from my office. We decided to take the lone clown to the smaller tank and bring the other pair home. Fast forward to yesterday, the larger clown (picture below) was hiding in the rocks and not really moving around much. Looking at the fish for a few minutes I could tell it looked like it was struggling to breathe. I quickly setup the 10g QT, brought up salinity and temp to match display tank. I decided to take both clowns to the QT in fear they would both get sick. That was last night. This AM they are both still alive, but the bigger one (pictured below) still having issues. The only action I've taken is the 2.0ppm CopperPower (blue) QT tank. I have an airstone and a cheap HOB filter (no media) to keep aeration in the tank.
I was concerned the RODI freshwater dip (on the previous sick fish) coupled with whatever the issue was (guessing flukes) caused enough stress it couldn't get healthy. I have PraziPro available and am headed to AquaShella this afternoon in Dallas to see if I can figure out what's going on.
If anyone has ideas, please let me know. I'm new to this, have been out of the hobby 20 years and this is a little disheartening. I don't want any more pets to suffer!
Thank you,
Scott
