Clown Fish not eating

[jwalker314]

Okay so a quick background. Had a slight ich/crypt outbreak in my tank. Built a quarantine system and moved all the fish. My male clown had it pretty bad and was too far gone by the time I dropped salinity down to 1.009. Ever since he died (4 weeks ago) the female has not been eating and hangs out in the front corner a lot. She is also looking very skinny. The tank has been in hypo for 4 weeks and the couple other fish that were showing signs of ich look great. There is about 30-40 fish in the quarantine system (300 gallons) and everyone one of them is actively eating. Any suggestions on what this could be? A case of bad heartbreak maybe?


I've tried mysis, frozen, nori, pellets (fish actively ate pellets before the male died)

Thanks

 

[Mishri]

i've never had a clown fish eat nori...

flake food and brine shrimp tend to be favorites of all the clownfish i've kept.. if she doesn't eat live brine shrimp then something is seriously wrong, but frozen should work too... I've had clown fish reject mysis and pellets.

 

[jwalker314]

I'm not specifically feeding nori but thought I'd list that since there is some in the tank that isn't touched. Tried brine and oyster eggs. It's not a matter of finding something for it to eat, something is actually wrong because this fish typically had a healthy appetite.

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[scooter31707]

Seeing that you have 30 other or so fish around him, does it look like he wants to go get the food or he does seem interested at all? He just may not be fast/aggressive enough to go it the food before the other fish.

 

[jwalker314]

Thanks for the reply. This is definitely not the case as the fish are split up between different tanks. She was originally housed with a very timid foxface and sailfin (both small)(second from the left on the top row). I moved her into a smaller tank (top left top row) with a Coris wrasse and engineer goby. Was hoping the smaller tank and presence of sand might make a difference. No such luck yet.


I'll note that she will appear to be drifting some in the tank and then catches herself and straightens up. Could the hypo salinity be messing with her swim bladder?

Thanks.

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[scooter31707]

How long has she been in hypo. I was told no more than 30-40 days in hypo. At this point it becomes dangerous to the fish. Don't know how true this is and I have no experience in this. Have you tried flake?