Clown with accelerated breathing.

[itz frank]

Name says it all. We've had this clown for two weeks and this is the first I've seen this in him. Today he also stopped eating which is why I'm alarmed about it. I know I should quarantine and i plan on it. His fins are a little frayed so that leads me to believe something is picking on him and has stressed him out. He is also been swimming very low in the water column staying very low to the sand. The only thing that is picking on anything in my tank is ONE blue green chromis which has apparently lost his marbles. The only indicator I see is the accelerated breathing patterns and loss of appetite. Suggestions?

 

[kevin2000]

Accelerated breathing and loss of appetite can mean a number of things.

Hows the water quality ... pretty common to have an ammonia spike in a new small tank with a new fish addition. Ammonia can burn the gills making breathing difficult. Fish not eating is not uncommon with any new fish introduction .. especially when you have a mean arse damsel picking on the new fish.

If you don't have an ammonia issue then you may have a parasite issue which is impacting the gills. Rapid breathing and loss of appetite is pretty common with amylo (velvet) as well as brooklynella (clownfish disease).

If your dealing with a parasite issue then your going to need to setup a QT ... lots of threads on that subject.

Heres a link discussing some of the more common diseases including amylo/brook & ich ... might help you determine what your dealing with. This link also has suggested treatments as welll as a section on how to setup a QT.

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/fishdiseases.html

 

[itz frank]

The tank is about 8-9 months old. We did deal with an amylo outbreak in the tank but it was resolved. This fish is a new addition but we've had him almsot 2 weeks and this is the first we've seen of this. Before today this hadn't come about and the other fish are all fine. I think QT is what I have to do.