Wild Onyx Clownfish. Take 3
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CoralsAddiction
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I haven't posted updates because I was out of town for several days. i was worried that the clown wasn't going to make it till I got back but she's doing ok. The clown has not received any formalin dips since the first one three days ago. It has not eaten anything yet. Hopefully that will change soon. Here's a pic of her a few mins ago. I might do a video as well.
CoralsAddiction
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Here's a video of it 
by the way the background paper is to hide the clown from my other true perculas in the DT and prevent agitation by either side.
http://youtu.be/ziWfzitFPlw
by the way the background paper is to hide the clown from my other true perculas in the DT and prevent agitation by either side. http://youtu.be/ziWfzitFPlw
CoralsAddiction
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That's a good way of doing it. Also the sooner they can be taken out of a fish stores system the better their chances of survival.
CoralsAddiction
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i spoke to a man who is responsible for livestock sales for one of the major online coral retailers. The reason Solomon clowns are harder to keep initially is shipping. Apparently they go through Fiji and/or Australia before they come to the United States instead of coming direct. That explains the stress and disease factors.
ThRoewer
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I know, but that isn't the main reason.
Steve Robinson from Baja Reef explained it to me.
First there is the bagging and boxing. That alone may take half a day. So some fish have already spent several hours in the bag before they even leave the facility. Then there is the wait for the government paperwork (local and US). Nothing can move before that arrives.
The next issue is the unpunctuality of the local airlines. Sometimes the boxes may sit for hours baking in the sun at the airport or they miss the connection flight in Australia or Fiji.
As soon as they made it there the worst is over, but there is still the half day flight to LA or San Francisco.
BTW my new ones came through Melbourne.
Steve also told me that he was involved in the collecting station in PNG and that the reason they had to close was the fact that they closed the nearby airport.
Steve Robinson from Baja Reef explained it to me.
First there is the bagging and boxing. That alone may take half a day. So some fish have already spent several hours in the bag before they even leave the facility. Then there is the wait for the government paperwork (local and US). Nothing can move before that arrives.
The next issue is the unpunctuality of the local airlines. Sometimes the boxes may sit for hours baking in the sun at the airport or they miss the connection flight in Australia or Fiji.
As soon as they made it there the worst is over, but there is still the half day flight to LA or San Francisco.
BTW my new ones came through Melbourne.
Steve also told me that he was involved in the collecting station in PNG and that the reason they had to close was the fact that they closed the nearby airport.
CoralsAddiction
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Not looking great but she's still alive. The clown has not eaten anything the whole time. Still fighting for her life.
CoralsAddiction
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Thank you. I wanted to buy some today but no fish store around me sells live foods. The closest one that confirmed availability of live brine shrimp over the telephone is about 40 mins away.
ThRoewer
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With or without traffic?
CoralsAddiction
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That's without traffic. The store is 25 miles away (50 mile round trip). We'll see how she does tomorrow. She had a white stringy poop yesterday. So I gave her a formalin dip and dosed PraziPro in case it's internal parasites too.
CoralsAddiction
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The clown appears to be in slightly better condition since the light turned off. Her pelvic fins aren't clamped like they were just a few hours ago. Without her eating this stuff is pretty much meaningless but I hope she is turning the corner here.
CoralsAddiction
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She's sending me mixed signals.I found the clown laying on her side looking stressed and pretty much gone. Then she started swimming. She looks weak and swims very slow and unbalanced.
CoralsAddiction
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I hope the clown lives. She is very pretty and the most orange true percula I have ever seen.
CoralsAddiction
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Thanks. She's been with me for six days now. The worst is probably behind her. If she started eating she could make a nice recovery. Not eating is what's holding her back at this point.
