Please Help My Clown!

[mikeyVR4]

Hello All,

One of my clowns appears to be ill. I have noticed it just sluggishly swimming today in a corner and figured it was just sleeping. I just fed my fish and the clown was still sluggish and did notice the food but just seems out of it.

I am putting my quarantine tank back up but first testing the water again to make sure its safe for my QT and isn't the issue. Is this the right steps? I have a sponge filter already in the sump which should have some good bacteria in it.

I will be adding the DT water to my QT and make sure my sponge filter, heater, etc. is operating fine. What else should I do?

pH: 8.3
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 5ppm
Salinity: 1.024

I have my QT up and running. Should I now transfer my clown to it? If so, what should I add to fix this issue?

 

[mikeyVR4]

UPDATE

I turned on my lights about 30 minutes ago and waited for the fish to awake. The one clown is still sluggishly swimming and its spine (middle of fish) appears to be bulging a tad...

Not sure how to explain it. The fish just isn't normal. My other clown swims next to it and the sick clown starts swimming faster but then goes back into a hypnosis stage.

 

[b0bab0ey]

Some questions: How long have you had this clown? Any recent additions to the tank? Do you QT? Any other symptoms (rapid breathing, white spots, peeling skin)?

Clowns are very susceptible to Brooklynella and IME, swim bladder disease. What you are describing could be the latter, but there's not enough information for a proper diagnosis.

 

[mikeyVR4]

Some questions: How long have you had this clown? Any recent additions to the tank? Do you QT? Any other symptoms (rapid breathing, white spots, peeling skin)?

Clowns are very susceptible to Brooklynella and IME, swim bladder disease. What you are describing could be the latter, but there's not enough information for a proper diagnosis.

Hello.

I have had that clown for roughly 2-3 months. My first clown in the tank died after I added this clown. My first clown died by discoloration and heavy breathing.

As for this clown, its just stagnant in the back of the aquarium...almost like if it were sleeping. The white stripe behind its head has some stress lines but no white dots or discoloration. I did notice some fecal matter hanging out of the fish and it was kinda stringy...not sure. It doesn't look like its breathing heavy but the spine in the center of the fish appears to be bulging a bit.

I added a new clown and a Royal Grammar about two weeks ago. Everything was fine until yesterdays feeding where this one clown stayed in the back.

I do QT my fish for acclimation before adding to my DT.

Thanks.

 

[mikeyVR4]

Its poop is definitely stringy...

 

[b0bab0ey]

Its poop is definitely stringy...

If it's stringy white poop, that's a symptom of Flukes. You can safely treat the entire DT with PraziPro (only worms are affected). But if he's in that bad of shape you might want to do a f/w dip first to provide some immediate relief. This will also confirm whether or not he has Flukes. You should see tiny white things falling out of him after 3-4 mins, especially out of his gills.

 

[mikeyVR4]

Update

I was able to catch my clown within 2 hours and I transferred it to the QT tank. I tried feeding it Brine but it didn't want to eat. I just used some PraziPro in my QT tank so now its the waiting game. Hopefully the clowns activity and stringy poop goes away.

 

[mikeyVR4]

Anyone?

 

[mikeyVR4]

Just wanted to say my fish survived after adding PraziPro. I want to ONLY thank bobaboey and my LFS for helping me out.

You would think a huge forum like this would help out more often. Guess I was wrong.

 

[mikeyVR4]

Just wanted to say my fish survived after adding PraziPro. I want to ONLY thank bobaboey and my LFS for helping me out.

You would think a huge forum like this would help out more often. Guess I was wrong.

 

[Mrscribbled]

Bobaboey diagnosis was accurate therefore some of us including me addressed other issues. Glad your fish is doing well.

 

[MrTuskfish]

I'm sure plenty of folks saw your post and know that b0bab0ey knows what he's talking about. How do you handle REALLY SERIOUS things?

 

[Reef*freak]

If it's stringy white poop, that's a symptom of Flukes. You can safely treat the entire DT with PraziPro (only worms are affected). But if he's in that bad of shape you might want to do a f/w dip first to provide some immediate relief. This will also confirm whether or not he has Flukes. You should see tiny white things falling out of him after 3-4 mins, especially out of his gills.

How long do u F/w Dip the fish ??