Percula Crown-Very skinny-disease??

[CoppBandbuttfly]

Hi,

I have not been active in this forum for a couple of years...

My percular crown is healthy for a few years, all of a sudden it becomes very skinny day by day, still active and eating. As days gone by it becomes more and more skinny, you can see just skin cover his bone! Finally it dies. This was around 6 months ago for one. I have three percular crown for a few years.

Now the biggest one in tank follows the same path, it becomes very skinny day by day.....I am afraid it will die soon, has been skinny for a couple of months now, but still very active and eating a lot! Other than skinny nothing seems wrong about the fish.

Is this some kind of internal disease? Help please. I want to save this crown fish

Thanks.

 

[flameangel9]

Interested in the answer as well my friend had a pair for some time then the same thing happened. They too were eating like normal yet paper thin.

 

[duncantse]

It might be an internal parasite. The worm inside the fish is eating up all the food the fish is eating. Does the poo look white and stringy?

 

[DeathWish302]

How old was your food? If you had frozen or pellet food that was past expiration, the 'quality' of nutrition could have gone south. Not saying it is the problem, but I have observed this 'wasting away' phenomena with some juvie tomatos. I could only find diet as a culprit. That's when I started buying new food regardless of age 8-12 months.

Another possibility is internal parasites that would soak up a majority of the nutrition. This would eventually cause the demise of the clown. Some of those parasitic worms are nasty little beasts! I cannot recall at the moment the exact remedy, but if you have a copy of Wilkerson's book 'Clownfishes' she covers parasites.

 

[bues0022]

prazipro - active medication=praziquantil (did I spell that right). I've done a dip before, but I've heard that a dip isn't the most effective method of administering the medicine, as it needs to be ingested in higher amounts than what a dip will do.

 

[SkullV]

prazipro - active medication=praziquantil (did I spell that right). I've done a dip before, but I've heard that a dip isn't the most effective method of administering the medicine, as it needs to be ingested in higher amounts than what a dip will do.

Soaking pellets/frozen in prazi or if the fish is large enough you can inject it in shrimp/krill. That is the best way to get rid of IP.

 

[MarinaP]

http://www.aquariumguys.com/medicat...?gdftrk=gdfV2226_a_7c1209_a_7c5174_a_7c214450

 

[CoppBandbuttfly]

Thank you so much for the information! I will buy the Anti-parasite to cure my clown fish.

 

[CoppBandbuttfly]

Just in case my clown fish does not eat this pellet, is there same medication in liquid form so food can be soaked in it and then feed the fish?

 

[TripleT]

Can this be used in a DT? Or does it require QT?

 

[SkullV]

Thank you so much for the information! I will buy the Anti-parasite to cure my clown fish.

Can this be used in a DT? Or does it require QT?

I wouldn't trust it. It says right there that it's not invert safe. If it dissolves it's the same as adding it to your water.