Lose Clownfish

[Badger89]

Hiya All,

I all I am new to the hobby and I lose one of my Clownfish, it lose half the colour and had a slime around him.

Regards,

Phil

 

[billdogg]

ok......questions????concerns????

without more info nobody will be able to offer any help whatsoever

 

[Sk8r]

Besides New to the Hobby, there is the Fish Disease Forum---suggest you start reading there at the top of the list of threads.

 

[Badger89]

Any ideas what it could be? The signs are lose half his colour and die with a clear slime around him, the other fish look great? Thought is was Brooklynella or Clownfish Disease?

 

[Badger89]

Besides New to the Hobby, there is the Fish Disease Forum---suggest you start reading there at the top of the list of threads.

Thank you

 

[Reefiez]

losing color + clear slime is just the process of the fish rotting in the tank, and not the result of a disease imo.

i see you have 3 clownfish in your tank. clownfish could be aggressive to other clowns that aren't their mated pair. probably death by bullying.

 

[billdogg]

Could you please give us more information about your tank please?

Here's a (partial) list:

tank size (I see 190l - 50g in your signature), age, amount of live rock, sump, skimmer, lighting, etc.

Water parameters and source (tap/well vs RO/DI) That means actual numbers for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, Specific Gravity, and if you plan to keep corals, Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium will come into play. pH is pretty much meaningless in a marine system - I haven't tested mine in 20+ years.

Any quarantine procedure you (hopefully) had your fish in, including any medications and their dosages.

The more you tell us about the tank the better. With no information at all other than a fish died, anything would just be a guess.

Let us know so we can help you figure out the problem!

 

[Badger89]

Could you please give us more information about your tank please?

Here's a (partial) list:

tank size (I see 190l - 50g in your signature), age, amount of live rock, sump, skimmer, lighting, etc.

Water parameters and source (tap/well vs RO/DI) That means actual numbers for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, Specific Gravity, and if you plan to keep corals, Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium will come into play. pH is pretty much meaningless in a marine system - I haven't tested mine in 20+ years.

Any quarantine procedure you (hopefully) had your fish in, including any medications and their dosages.

The more you tell us about the tank the better. With no information at all other than a fish died, anything would just be a guess.

Let us know so we can help you figure out the problem!

I use DI/RO had the tank set up 4 week before getting shop to test water