Grateful for any advice on the following problem.
I am in New Delhi (not exactly the mecca of marine keeping) and have finally managed to get 2 common clowns, ex-singapore and not in great condition. They are in QT along with an allens damsel (seperated by divide).
The SG of the QT tank is 1.009 and the allens damsel has been comfortable at this for 2 weeks, THe clowns went in yesterday after a verylengthy drip acclimation.
One clown, looks great and is swiming around nomrally, the other larger one is not so active, and appears to have some white bumps on the body. I did a F/W dip and this perked her up a bit, but neither is feeding.
I am treating the tankwith Cuprazin as the damsel (which also took 4 weeks to get here) had whitespot and I am going to have an extended QT to ensure no, or as fe as possible, problems inthe main display tank.
How can I get the fish feeding? They refuse frozen brine and marine flake. Food I can feed here is scallop or mashed prawn. Would adding garlic help with a feeding response? Both fish swim straight by food.
Secondly, if this is brook on the larger clown, is Flagyl suitable to use as a cure?? I am haveing great difficulty sourcing Formalin for dips.
Any help gratefully received, my children would be gutted if these fish died and it is so difficult to get a replacement.
Manythanks
Matt
I am in New Delhi (not exactly the mecca of marine keeping) and have finally managed to get 2 common clowns, ex-singapore and not in great condition. They are in QT along with an allens damsel (seperated by divide).
The SG of the QT tank is 1.009 and the allens damsel has been comfortable at this for 2 weeks, THe clowns went in yesterday after a verylengthy drip acclimation.
One clown, looks great and is swiming around nomrally, the other larger one is not so active, and appears to have some white bumps on the body. I did a F/W dip and this perked her up a bit, but neither is feeding.
I am treating the tankwith Cuprazin as the damsel (which also took 4 weeks to get here) had whitespot and I am going to have an extended QT to ensure no, or as fe as possible, problems inthe main display tank.
How can I get the fish feeding? They refuse frozen brine and marine flake. Food I can feed here is scallop or mashed prawn. Would adding garlic help with a feeding response? Both fish swim straight by food.
Secondly, if this is brook on the larger clown, is Flagyl suitable to use as a cure?? I am haveing great difficulty sourcing Formalin for dips.
Any help gratefully received, my children would be gutted if these fish died and it is so difficult to get a replacement.
Manythanks
Matt
