Clown wont eat

[epstein]

I have 2 clowns .......they have been together for 4 yrs ( I have adopted em) and one is a real FATTY ......He would eat to teh point of actually having a distended belly and float at the top like he was dead. Well according to my buddy this was normal for him hes been doing it for quite a while. I even cut back food but this Fatty would hunt down all the food just to get to that point.
Well the smaller of the 2 got white stringy "poo" that hung around to great lengths until falling off. During this time of course "slim" was not eating but "pooping " her brains out This lasted for about 2 to 3 days. Now shes a real eater again .....and you guessed it "Fatty" is now with this condition and is not eating and Im 3 days into this . His respirations are faster and of corse he seems lethargic. Hes not interested in flake food or frozen shrimp. I did get the suck in spit out a couple of times. Im gonna try mincing garlic tonight.

Any Ideas?.....Everyone else in my tank is just fine My parameters are spot on ....and I just did my weekly 10% water change yesterday

Brian

 

[reefman13]

Well, from the stringy poop, he has some kind of parasite or infection inside is digestive system, that is not allowing for regular excretion of waste.

I would say, get some garlic into the food, and do some searches on google on fish sicknesses, see what you come up with, and treat it stat. It is not getting better BTW, and he/she is on his/her way out...