SICK OR INJURED CLOWN???

[Baileyton_Reefer]

(Black clown in video)

Captured from residential tank on 02/06/22

Since Day 1 of observation period:
- always swims vertical in the corner
- Cannot close it’s mouth
- hole in the side of it’s mouth
- breathing fast
- swims upside down during feeding time when the flow is off…

Fish has been in QT tank without treatment now for 9 days with no evident signs of change good or bad…

What do you think this could be???

Please help…

 

[Coxey81]

(Black clown in video)

Captured from residential tank on 02/06/22

Since Day 1 of observation period:
- always swims vertical in the corner
- Cannot close it’s mouth
- hole in the side of it’s mouth
- breathing fast
- swims upside down during feeding time when the flow is off…

Fish has been in QT tank without treatment now for 9 days with no evident signs of change good or bad…

What do you think this could be???

Please help…

He was having trouble adding video, so I added it for him.

 

[SlugSnorter]

maybe late stage brook?

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

(Black clown in video)

Captured from residential tank on 02/06/22

Since Day 1 of observation period:
- always swims vertical in the corner
- Cannot close it’s mouth
- hole in the side of it’s mouth
- breathing fast
- swims upside down during feeding time when the flow is off…

Fish has been in QT tank without treatment now for 9 days with no evident signs of change good or bad…

What do you think this could be???

Please help…

 

[SlugSnorter]

tank params? Other symptoms? Photo in whites of the face hole? where was the Clown acquired?


I think @Jay Hemdal and @vetteguy53081 can help the most

 

[Tamberav]

Blue photos are so hard to diagnose anything

Did you purchase it with these mouth issues? Sometimes captive clowns have a bad overbite.

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

No other noticeable symptoms. No light on QT tank, when I tried a flashlight it reflected off glass too much. Room lights are on… ‍ I got him from someone getting out of the hobby. Parameters are fine and so are the other 7 fish in the QT tank so it’s not the tank…

 

[SlugSnorter]

No other noticeable symptoms. No light on QT tank, when I tried a flashlight it reflected off glass too much. Room lights are on… ‍ I got him from someone getting out of the hobby. Parameters are fine and so are the other 7 fish in the QT tank so it’s not the tank…

you sure hes not getting beaten up

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

(Black clown in video)

Captured from residential tank on 02/06/22

Since Day 1 of observation period:
- always swims vertical in the corner
- Cannot close it’s mouth
- hole in the side of it’s mouth
- breathing fast
- swims upside down during feeding time when the flow is off…

Fish has been in QT tank without treatment now for 9 days with no evident signs of change good or bad…

What do you think this could be???

Please help…

To my eye, both clowns have issues, what I term "mopey"....swimming poorly with their fins clamped. This isn't a symptom of any one disease, just of an unhappy clownfish.

You say these came from another person's aquarium? How long did they have them?

Jay

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

Not sure how long they had them, but yes they came from a nice tank with established QT practice… I’m wondering if this one may have gotten stung by a coral and has a swollen face or if maybe it was injured during capture or what is going on with it… I’ve been observing him prior to beginning copper and unsure of what to do for it…

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

He was having trouble adding video, so I added it for him.

To my eye, both clowns have issues, what I term "mopey"....swimming poorly with their fins clamped. This isn't a symptom of any one disease, just of an unhappy clownfish.

You say these came from another person's aquarium? How long did they have them?

Jay

Not sure how long they had them, but yes they came from a nice tank with established QT practice… I’m wondering if this one may have gotten stung by a coral and has a swollen face or if maybe it was injured during capture or what is going on with it… I’ve been observing him prior to beginning copper and unsure of what to do for it…

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

He was having trouble adding video, so I added it for him.

@Jay Hemdal

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

No other noticeable symptoms. No light on QT tank, when I tried a flashlight it reflected off glass too much. Room lights are on… ‍ I got him from someone getting out of the hobby. Parameters are fine and so are the other 7 fish in the QT tank so it’s not the tank…

@Jay Hemdal

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Not sure how long they had them, but yes they came from a nice tank with established QT practice… I’m wondering if this one may have gotten stung by a coral and has a swollen face or if maybe it was injured during capture or what is going on with it… I’ve been observing him prior to beginning copper and unsure of what to do for it…

Unlikely to be a coral sting, clowns are pretty resistant, living in anemones like they do.

I think they both have an issue, one just worse than the other.

It could be the start of Brooklynella, do you have access to formalin or rally pro?

Jay

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

Unlikely to be a coral sting, clowns are pretty resistant, living in anemones like they do.

I think they both have an issue, one just worse than the other.

It could be the start of Brooklynella, do you have access to formalin or rally pro?

Jay

I don’t have those on hand, but can order if needed. I can place the 2 clowns in a tank by themselves and proceed accordingly. Do you recommend a treatment?

 

[Unitylover]

@vetteguy53081

 

[Unitylover]

@vetteguy53081

 

[Unitylover]

oop mb, only meant to ping once

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have to add as mentioned, hard to assess with dark photos
Will need pics under white lighting

 

[Baileyton_Reefer]

Unlikely to be a coral sting, clowns are pretty resistant, living in anemones like they do.

I think they both have an issue, one just worse than the other.

It could be the start of Brooklynella, do you have access to formalin or rally pro?

Jay

Previous owner said he has had the clowns for 2 years… Can Brook go dormant and then return due to stress?