clownfish

[danagui]

help guys my maroon clown has been having ick for the past couple of days...he's the only fish in the entire tank with it...when i wake up he has it all over him but when i get home from school he looks fine...he's eating and active and all that...he ignores my skunk shrimp so i'm not sure how to help him out since i don't have a QT tank...i dont think he'd go for a cleaner wrasse either

what i've noticed today is that his right side and right gil covers are starting to wear away almost...i dont know how to explain it but it looks like his side is scabbing..im not sure from what since he doesn't flick himself against rocks or anything like that and it just on one side

so what can i do guys? i'm sure the parasites are all over my tank but i dont understand why they're only attacking the clown and leaving my goby, wrasse, and tang alone...and how can i help his side heal up? i've been adding the water conditioner i use which is supposed to have "the healing power of aloe vera" lol

any help would be appreciated

 

[james-lee]

Could be fungal. I would go out and get a small gold fish bowl with a small pump and use that as a QT tank you sould just have to change water every day. Wish I knew more bro but I am still a newb lol!

 

[danagui]

Could be fungal. I would go out and get a small gold fish bowl with a small pump and use that as a QT tank you sould just have to change water every day. Wish I knew more bro but I am still a newb lol!

well i have a small 3 gallon vivarium that my sister used to use as her toad habitat until i gave her my 5 gallonfrusty. i have a sponge filter and all that jazz but i think that tank is too small for my clown

 

[james-lee]

Better than nothing cause what ever he has it needs to be treated soon or else he gonna croak (no pun intended)!

 

[danagui]

Better than nothing cause what ever he has it needs to be treated soon or else he gonna croak (no pun intended)!

great...now i have to explain to my parents why i need to set up a 3rd tank and blah blah blah....

i dont want him to die because i've never been able to keep a clown alive this long...5 days...lol

 

[james-lee]

Does every clown you get die in this fashion?

 

[danagui]

nope...they're usually fine at night and i wake up to them face down in the sand bed

 

[Skidazl]

get some garlic and feed that and look into a cleaner shrimp. never had any issues with ick and I thank these 2 remedies for the success...

 

[james-lee]

I think he has a cleaner shrimp already. i would do a 25% water change every 3 days until you ahve completely changed your water volume. What are your parameters?

 

[sweet<3]

Here is a good link about ich. Should give you some good info.

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/fish-diseases-treatments/23132-marine-ich-myths-facts.html

 

[danagui]

I do have a cleaner shrimp...what do I need to do with the garlic? I'll give it a try

 

[Skidazl]

I take 4-5 cloves of garlic, put them through a garlic press into some RO/DI water, then soak your fish food in it, whatever you feed. I've seen my larger fish actually eat pieces of garlic that make it into the tank, no problems...

 

[Skidazl]

I also agree with the water change, something is stressing the fish out...

 

[danagui]

I'm doing a water change this weekend since I'm super busy over the entire week....I'll use the garlic....I'll put him into QT tonight as well...what about the abbrassion on his side and Gil covering?

 

[furfeet26]

Have you tried any ich medications? Ive had a lot of luck with Kick ich. The only one that seemed to work for me.. =P

 

[danagui]

I actually have quICK cure

 

[danagui]

Died while in QT today

 

[G-Tank]

Sorry to hear that. How's your nitrates? did you ever throw away that old filter pad and started wet skimming?

 

[danagui]

Sorry to hear that. How's your nitrates? did you ever throw away that old filter pad and started wet skimming?

not yet...gonna do a huge cleaning on the weekend...6 months and i've never cleaned any of my equipment

 

[G-Tank]

Let me know if you need free RODI water, I'll hook you up jsut bring jugs. I also have some filter floss if you want.