sick clown

[dwcok]

I have a 24gal. Aquapod I have had set up for almost 2 years. I do 5 gallon water changes about every 7-10 days. I bought a new clown and put it in a couple weeks ago and he has done good so far. Today he was sucked up against the overflow box but still alive. If I push him away from the overflow, he jumps out of the water like he is trying to jump out and eventually swims back against the overflow.

I have a blue damsel that has been in here for about a year or so and many crabs, snails, anenome and a lot of coral, all of which are doing fine and growing.

Anyone have any idea what is going on with my clown? Thanks!

 

[rkelman]

He doesn't have any cuts / white spots / fungus looking stuff? Is the Damsel stressing him out?

 

[dwcok]

no, could not see anything out of the ordinary. The damsel and him took about 30 minutes to adjust but they went their seperate ways and never bothered each other again.
The clown did die earlier today. Not sure what is going on.

 

[rkelman]

I'm sorry to hear that. Who knows it could have been an internal parasite or physical damage. We've all seen the people at the LFS squish fish up against the side of the tank while catching them.

 

[inachu]

My very first clown got mouth rot and loved to sleep like a dog.
he would make a bed at the bottom then sleep on his side then over night my hermit ate him. I did not know at the time my hermit species was a hunter. So I got rid of the hermit as well.