help with a sick clown fish

[adamsfour]

I have a clown fish who has been in the tank for two months. never been any issue and he's been happy. Since Saturday he has stop eating. I have looked at him extensively and I can't see anything abnormal. The only other fish in the tank is a Blue Hippo tang. They have been together since I put them in. I might add that the Hippo (and I assume the clown) did breakout in ich and I have been treating them with no-ich for 5 weeks (I know you should QT and use copper). The blue tang looks totally normal and has not been flashing for over a week. Until last Friday both fish had been eating normal. He looks normal and I don't believe his breathing is faster than normal. he just has stop eating. I asked at my LFS if I should pull the fish and do a dip and they felt it would not help as there was no visible areas of concern. They did recommend that I stop the ich treatment as it my be causing some of the issue. I have added back in carbon to filter out the no-ich I have tried a variety of food to no avail. Prior to this he would eat anything. Any ideas what going on and any recommendation on what to try.

 

[tahoe61]

Clownfish

Clownfish

Please provide all parameters including temp, SG and Ph as well as tank size. If you can get a pic of the clown that will help too. The more information you provide the easier it will be for others to help you. Good luck.

 

[adamsfour]

I am running a Red Sea Max 333 gallon tank. Setup was 15 November 2010



Temp 79
Ph 8.4
SG 1.29 (seems a little high)

 

[adamsfour]

sorry SG is 1.029 typo.

 

[adamsfour]

Still need help

Still need help

talked to my LFS and they recommended not doing any sort of dip as there were no visual signs on the fish. Today will be day 8 since he last eat. At this point i am thinking about pulling him.