Whats wrong with my clown?

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Hi! Im new to the reef keeping hobby and recently bought this clownfish from a LFS. There was originally a white coating around it but much of it has dissapeared

Also, its tail appears to be dissapearing. Can anybody please tell me what is wrong with this clownfish? Is there any solution to treat it?
 
Few things to look at:
  1. Is the clown getting too close to a powerhead?
    Cover your powerhead with a sponge cover
  2. Is the clown being attacked by other fish?
  3. Is he sitting in a corner all day?
    For #2 & #3 usually is fixed by adding a couple more clowns. They like to stay in smallish gangs
  4. Is he eating?
    Could be a social issue but most likely is sick or scared of other fish
  5. Is he having difficulty swimming?
    Could be your temperature issue or oxygen problem or a thousand other things but these 2 are the most common
 
Thank you everyone for you replies! When i first bought the fish, there was a white coat above it and it was always moving towards the water surface. I have since done a week of freshwater dip and copper treatment and the fish can swim normally now.Ocassionally, it still lies on the base of the box just like in the pictures above. How can i tell when if i can remove my clownfish from that isolation box and whether the Brookynella or bacterial infection has dissapeared? The fish is currently in the main tank but in the isolation box alone:)
 
Also, it has been placed in the isolation box since the first day i bought it(about 2 weeks ago) and there are no signs of aggression from other fishes.
 
This was what the Fish looks like when i first got it from the LFS.

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I believe copper will only suppress the signs/symptoms of Brook, you will need to treat this and all other fish with metroplex to cure the Brook. I would check with @Humblefish to confirm this though.
 
Agree with above regarding brook. Since the isolation box is basically DT water, it is assumed that all fish in the tank whether in or out the isolation box are infected with brook. I suggest to move all fish to QT and run fallow for 6 weeks to eliminate brook from DT. Meanwhile in QT perform several baths of formalin or acriflavine, (i prefer acriflavine, its safer for both you and the fish), you can also dose the QT with acriflavine for a week or two if you don't want t perform the bath.

Even better, if you don't have corals you can add ruby reef rally directly to tank. (I tried this and its reef safe (all inverts including corals) but corals might suffer because acriflavine dyes the water yellowish color which affect the photosynthetic spectrum of the light and might effect the corals that demand high amount of light like sps, all my corals except one sps frag made it)

Best of luck
 
To add to what @Barrett has said I would recommend you forego daily freshwater dips, it can be detrimental. Also it would be a good idea to get a hold of at least one more antibiotic such as kanaplex or furan-2 to help with that caudal fin.
 
^^ Agree with above advice.

In addition to treating for brook, I also recommend using Kanaplex and/or Furan-2 to address the secondary bacterial infection (tail rot).
 
Great advice given already. I agree with brook and bacterial infection. I'll admit that I didn't read every word in the thread, but if there are other fish in the tank with the clowns then they all need to receive the same treatment for brook.
 

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