Can Someone Help!

[djtonton]

My clown fish has been acting up. It looks like there is something stuck to the side of my fish. Sorry for the shiiiiittty pictures:

Thanks for the help!!

 

[alprazo]

How long have you had the fish? Is it eating, breathing normally, swimming as a clownfish should? This show up overnight or slowly develop? Any other fish with Sx? Is it being chased and scraped itself.

A clearer photo would help too.

 

[djtonton]

Yeah sorry about the photo do you have any suggestion on a good camera im looking to buy a new one.

The clown fish was doing great i have had the tank up for about 2-3 months there is a blue damsel along with the clown and it seems to be fine. The clown has been chillin in the back of the tank not swimming alot :-( I have not seen him eat alot either. It showed up overnight just the other night.

Hope you can help. I try to get a better picture.

 

[kevin2000]

Pictures not that clear .... any new fish additions?

 

[djtonton]

it looks like there is some white stuff hanging form the side of my clown. All he does is hide in the back of the tank under the rock and i have not seen him eat. No New fish additons. Sorry about the pictures I really thought my sony cybershot that was like 550$ was gonna take nice pictures.... NOPE I was wrong!

Can someone please help!

Thanks

 

[kevin2000]

The "white stuff" maybe excess mucus which could be an indicator of a number of different diseases .. but if you haven't had any recent fish additions that suggestion may be off base. Might take a moment and google lymphocyctis .. lympho (sometimes called cauliflower disease) often takes on a white cottony type appearance and is akin to warts on humans. Lympho is a viral disease .. pretty common ... and seldom lethal .. no meds will help.

 

[djtonton]

should i get rid of the fish?

 

[kevin2000]

No. If its lympho odds are it will cure itself.

Might try for another pic if the fish gets close to the tank wall.

 

[djtonton]

I'm giving in I'm going to store right now I'm in my car as we speak going to buy a canon rebel with allll this money I THINK I have haha good pics coming soon

 

[djtonton]

How do I get the fish to eat? I tried everytrhing

 

[kevin2000]

Try live brine shimp ... like candy to most fish especially clowns. If the fish won't eat LBS then you have big problems.

 

[djtonton]

Will they eat dried brine shrimp I have lots of that? Or should I go with live? Thanks for all your help!

 

[kevin2000]

Live