aerotiy Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I just finished moving my tank last night and this morning as I was feeding everyone I noticed what looks like a wound on my smaller clown. I attached the best photos I could get of him. I ordered melafix off amazon which is being delivered but was looking for additional advice. I am thinking he might have been bit maybe by one of his tankmates in the moving bucket? Besides his mate, there is an orchid dottyback and a Midas blenny in this tank, 56 gallons. He had a good appetite this morning and seems to be swimming and interacting normally so I am hopeful he is going to recover. Quote Link to comment
Humblefish Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 The worry with a wound is that it can get infected. Can you QT him or do treatment options need to be reef safe? Also, is that white stringy poo coming out of him?? Quote Link to comment
aerotiy Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Humblefish said: The worry with a wound is that it can get infected. Can you QT him or do treatment options need to be reef safe? Also, is that white stringy poo coming out of him?? I was thinking of doing a QT but worried that it would cause more stress trying to catch him in the tank. The Melafix bottle says the treatment is reef and invert safe so I was just going to dose it directly into the display. And yes I believe the white stuff was poo it isn’t there anymore. He’s very wiggly and swimming around with the female clown so I remain optimistic 🤞 Quote Link to comment
Humblefish Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 9 hours ago, aerotiy said: I was thinking of doing a QT but worried that it would cause more stress trying to catch him in the tank. The Melafix bottle says the treatment is reef and invert safe so I was just going to dose it directly into the display. And yes I believe the white stuff was poo it isn’t there anymore. He’s very wiggly and swimming around with the female clown so I remain optimistic 🤞 Melafix sometimes works on mild infections. I would also start soaking his food with vitamins (e.g. Selcon, Zoecon, Vita-chem) in order to help boost the immune system. If the white stringy poop persists then he probably has intestinal worms: 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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