blizzardscout2 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Anyone know what could have caused this? No other tank mates except clown that is not aggressive. Have maxi nems and a flower nem. His lower fin is mangled too. Seems to breathing rapidly too. What should I do? Thanks in advance. Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I had something similar with my B&W. It healed back up after a week or two. With two adult clowns in a small tank, I think it's pretty common that they get a bit nippy once in a while. Link to comment
dandelion Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I've never treated a clown that's injured. Is it eating and swimming around? Keep an eye on the wound and take action if you see it's getting worse. At the meantime have a hospital tank ready. Order some Maracyn II if you don't have some. Be ready to transfer some rubble into your hospital tank so it already has biological filtration. That said you still need to balance between the stress of moving and the risk of not treating. I'll only treat if it doesn't look like it can recover by itself. Link to comment
blizzardscout2 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Yeah he is not swimming at all. He was fine last night when I did a WC. I didn't notice until the light came on while watching the kids. He went from the spot in the picture to the bottom and back of the tank. I am pretty sure he isn't going to make it. He looks in pretty bad shape. :-( Dang. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Is the other clown his mate? How long have you had her/him? Link to comment
blizzardscout2 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 ? yup... Dead. Laid to rest in the belly of my flower anemone. Poor little guy. Thanks for the help. Yeah he was the mate. Link to comment
blizzardscout2 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 I have racked my brain, it had to be the mate. He has done this before to a new clown, but they have been together fine for 8 months or so. Weird. Link to comment
tdannhauser30 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 That sucks man sorry to hear it. Sounds like that other clown is a real B*itch lol Link to comment
blizzardscout2 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Lol, yeah thanks. I may need a Sixline Wrasse, something with sass. Link to comment
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