owen2121 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Hi, so last night I noticed my two clowns were fighting. This is something that I thought would work itself out, but when I got home from school I found my male stuck to the filter intake. I quickly got him into a quarantine bucket. Sadly there seems to be a lot of damage to his fins and I'm also pretty sure his swim bladder has been damaged, as he is trying to climb to the top of the bucket but notable and stays at the bottom. All I have done so far is got him into a bucket with filtration and heating. Is there anything more I can do. 1 Quote Link to comment
Clownnem05 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I don't know what else you can do with it. I really hope hope it will be ok, but unfortunately it does not look good if it does survive I would try to give the more aggressive and powerful clown away and keep the other wile it heals, once it heals if it does I would try to pair it up with a smaller clown and break up any fights when they begin 1 Quote Link to comment
tarunteam Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Try feeding him by bring the food to his mouth. Look out for infection. 1 Quote Link to comment
owen2121 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 I got him to eat a bit of pellet food, but I'm now seeing some fungus forming on his tail I will be able to start treating it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
BustytheSnowMaam Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 It's probably too late, but don't feed it. When they eat, they gulp air, and this makes the swim bladder issue worse. 1 Quote Link to comment
owen2121 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 1 hour ago, tashayar said: It's probably too late, but don't feed it. When they eat, they gulp air, and this makes the swim bladder issue worse. Is it ok if he is eating the pellets at the bottom and not taking pellets off the surface? Quote Link to comment
BustytheSnowMaam Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, owen2121 said: Is it ok if he is eating the pellets at the bottom and not taking pellets off the surface? It's better, because it's not swallowing air, but it's actually better if it doesn't eat at all, because the food adds weight and expands the stomach/intestines, which can exacerbate the problem. I would not feed it for a day or two to allow it to digest the food it has consumed. I hope it makes it. I hate having to watch a fish suffer. 1 Quote Link to comment
owen2121 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 49 minutes ago, tashayar said: It's better, because it's not swallowing air, but it's actually better if it doesn't eat at all, because the food adds weight and expands the stomach/intestines, which can exacerbate the problem. I would not feed it for a day or two to allow it to digest the food it has consumed. I hope it makes it. I hate having to watch a fish suffer. Ok that makes sense. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment
dandelion Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Do you have any meds? Maracyn 2? Melafix may help but I’ve never used it in SW. Quote Link to comment
Clownnem05 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 For the infection I use microbe lift bacterial infection medication. Microbe lift also is coming out with a new product that I got to try(not sure what it is called) but it helps highly stressed and injured fish like this one. I tried to freshwater version and one of my angels that looked similar to your clown and it is now living a happy and healthy life. I can try to get the product sent to you if you want it. 1 Quote Link to comment
owen2121 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 18 hours ago, dandelion said: Do you have any meds? Maracyn 2? Melafix may help but I’ve never used it in SW. I use Pimafix. I have used it before and had great results. Today there has been a huge improvement in his health. He is able to swim properly and is no longer sitting on the bottom, the fungus is still present and his fins are ripped but I think he will make a full recovery. While I'm treating him I'm going to get rid of the other clownfish as it has caused problems in the past with the other fish. 1 Quote Link to comment
Clownnem05 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 oh I am so happy to see the little guy is doing better. 1 Quote Link to comment
BustytheSnowMaam Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Yay! Go Owen-fishy! 1 Quote Link to comment
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