Clown not eating

[mozz]

Hi, I'm just getting started in this hobby and I bought two ocellaris clownfish 6 days ago. When I brought them home I aclimated them for an hour and placed them in my 20 gallon quarantine tank. The tank was cycled for about six weeks with rock and sand. I kept the tank dark that day and fed them the next morning. They both ate very well. I fed them a frozen marine blend from SF, which I thawed in warm tank water. In the evening I fed them a marine pellet. The larger of the two clowns stopped eating yesterday and has a fine string comming from her vent, about a half an inch long. She seems to becomming less active as time goes on. When she stopped eating I thought the water parameters were off but didn't have time to test the water, because of work. I did do a ten percent water change. I checked the water that evening and ammonia was 0, nitrite was 0 and nitrate was 1. Does anybody know what might be wrong.
Thanks
Mozz

 

[pavelow360]

Hi, I'm just getting started in this hobby and I bought two ocellaris clownfish 6 days ago. When I brought them home I aclimated them for an hour and placed them in my 20 gallon quarantine tank. The tank was cycled for about six weeks with rock and sand. I kept the tank dark that day and fed them the next morning. They both ate very well. I fed them a frozen marine blend from SF, which I thawed in warm tank water. In the evening I fed them a marine pellet. The larger of the two clowns stopped eating yesterday and has a fine string comming from her vent, about a half an inch long. She seems to becomming less active as time goes on. When she stopped eating I thought the water parameters were off but didn't have time to test the water, because of work. I did do a ten percent water change. I checked the water that evening and ammonia was 0, nitrite was 0 and nitrate was 1. Does anybody know what might be wrong.
Thanks
Mozz

How long was the tank setup for ? Your params may read normal but your tank still may have things going on that are causing stress to the fish.

What color is the fecies? This may be anything from an isolated case of stress to bacterial or internal parasite infection.

You may want to soak the food in garlic to encourage eating.

I find this site helpful :
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/information/Diseases.htm

 

[SwampyBill]

How is it doing today? Try feeding them Rod's Medicated Food. I highly recommend dosing QT tank with Prazipro for internal parasites. I've used it in the past with my leopard wrasses & it's fine with corals & inverts. & soak their food in Selcon/garlic for extra vitamins. Good luck!