Clarkii Clownfish problem!!! HELP PLS

[Marco Vianna]

Hi there,

I need you guys to give me some help, please! I have a female Clarkii clownfish, which has been in my aquarium (600 liters, with other fishes and corals) for 4 years, always spawning and reproducing.

About 2 weeks ago, she stopped spawning and started to swim strangely in a vertical position"¦. She keeps feeding herself properly, but her movements are slower than the male ones, maybe because of her new swimming position.

Her head is also becoming thinner, as if someone had pressed it between it's fingers.

I know that it might be a kind of disease or infection, and I'd like to know your opinion about what disease can it be and what's the best way of solving this problem.

Thank you guys. Hugs from Rio de Janeiro! :dance:

Marco Vianna.

 

[Gwynhidwy]

I'm not sure what that could be, but if you haven't already, you might also try asking in the clownfish forum here.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=36

 

[sedor]

Clownfish tend to be a little crazy and do things that surprise me all the time. For instance, mine is obsessed with the corner beside my overflow at the surface of the tank. For a long time I would always get worried it was dead everytime I saw it just floating there at the surface, but nope completely fine.

What does worry me is the thinning of the head. From the few minutes of research I did on this it almost leads me to believe your fish may be suffering from swim bladder disease (research that specific disease and see if it matches. Its always hard to diagnose from the limited information we get online). Unfortunately if this is the case, prevention is key.

Hopefully the latter is not the case and you've simply got a case of a crazy clown