info on sick clown help please

[tommiegary]

I have a regular clown in my tank along with a black clown and the regular clown is the larger one and they been paired up for about a month and half. everything in the tank is fine all water checks out. nothing new added anytime latly but my clown now is sticking to the top front corner of tank. When I feed today he went after like maybe a piece of food but not sure it even ate it. its just sticking to that one place in the tank and right at top of water. I dont know much about different illeness with clowns or could she be ready to lay and that the spot she picked out? any clues thanks

 

[tommiegary]

I have place the fish in a tank alone with good water and lighting. As of yet its still not eatting and spending most of its time on the bottom on the tank on its side. It has started to look like the fish is losing its color, which I know can come from shock to the transplant to the hospital tank. any one know anything that might help to treat the fish with or anything. please help I dont wont to lose this fish and its fighting for its life. Its made it now going on 3 days fighting without food.... I know its a matter of time now if it doesnt eat soon. so any ideas please anything I willing to try !

 

[iflyprops]

Have you tried garlic to try enticing it to eat?

 

[tommiegary]

yes I tried it today..... but tonight in the last few mins she lost her battle... and I still dont know what happened or caused this. I am very sad at this lost I know its part of it but I had come to love my fish...

 

[stykthyn]

do you know if it was tank raised? It sounds like the dreaded clownfish syndrome to me. Wild caught clowns will do well for a while, but if they were harvested with cyanide, their internals start to break down and they just waste away.

 

[Steven Pro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6599410#post6599410 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stykthyn
do you know if it was tank raised? It sounds like the dreaded clownfish syndrome to me. Wild caught clowns will do well for a while, but if they were harvested with cyanide, their internals start to break down and they just waste away.

In my experience, wild-caught clownfish are far more prone to suffer from Brooklynella than cyanide poisoning.

 

[iflyprops]

Sorry for your loss. I have lost three clowns in the past two months to disease...needless to say the qt is up and running.