Clown with clamped dorsal

[FishN00b83]

I have a pair of clown fish in QT right now but I noticed today the smaller one has a clamped dorsal fin. They're both eating and swimming around fine but I can't help notice that the smaller one has its dorsal fin clamped hard. They are in a 5.5g tank and I just did like a 90% water change to see if it would help the situation. I don't see any white spots, runny slime coat, or loss of color, they both actually look really bright orange. Could they just be getting into it when I'm not looking? The smaller one wasn't like this a day or two ago...

I attached a pic but I don't think it's going to help much.

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[ThRoewer]

Fin-clamping is usually a symptom of Brooklynella, especially with clownfish.

 

[FishN00b83]

Clown with clamped dorsal

Well I setup a bowl with a half gallon of water and an air stone. Both the clowns are in there now and I have the air stone on full blast. They seem to be doing fine now they are 10 mins in


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[FishN00b83]

They made it through but the little one is breathing heavy now that it's in the new water. Is that normal post dip?


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[ThRoewer]

It's normal, dips are stressful. It should go away after a few minutes though.

 

[FishN00b83]

Well before the dip the fin was never up, now it puts it half up sometimes. Should I be planning on 3 50 min sessions over the next 6 days?


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[FishN00b83]

I can't find any definitive information on how many dips and how frequent. My plan is to do every other day for a total of 4 dips. Some people say they do daily dips for 5 days. What is the correct procedure for eradicating brook?

 

[ThRoewer]

I've cured sick clownfish with a single dip followed by a tank transfer. If the fish shows already improvement I would maybe do another dip and transfer and then wait and see.
And I would definitely give it another dip before moving it to the DT.

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[FishN00b83]

I've cured sick clownfish with a single dip followed by a tank transfer. If the fish shows already improvement I would maybe do another dip and transfer and then wait and see.
And I would definitely give it another dip before moving it to the DT.

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I planned on doing another one tonight when I transfer to a new tank so I'll see what happens after.

 

[FishN00b83]

I did an other dip for the full 50 minutes last night. They both seem to have taken it really well. The bigger one is swimming and eating like crazy. The smaller one is eating but a little sluggish. The dorsal fin comes up every once and a while, but the bigger one is always up. I'm not sure how much improvement I should see from two dips but I guess I'll see what they look like when I get home tonight.

 

[ThRoewer]

It takes a few days before the damage the parasites did is healed. The most immediate change is usually in the breathing and behavior.

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