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Old 04-11-2004, 02:24 PM   #1
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Clownfish Stressed


I bought two fish and they have been in the tank for 12 days..

One is doing fine, while the other stopped eating two days ago and is stressed out, breathing fast and resting on rocks and stuff, he still swims around to the powerhead and stuff...

Is there anything to do, to get calmed down, like maybe putting him in some stress-coat or something such as that... They were both acclimated for the same amount of time, its just this other isn't doing that good..... All other fish in the tank are ok, and so are tank chemical levels..
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Old 04-11-2004, 03:27 PM   #2
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Look up Brooklynella, if it even remotely looks like treat aggressivly
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Old 04-11-2004, 04:44 PM   #3
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I would add some garlic and Vitamin C to the fish food to boost the rest of the tanks immunity. I use Garlic Guard from seachem and soak the food before serving. It’s pretty good on a cracker too
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Old 04-11-2004, 05:02 PM   #4
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Like JP said, garlic "seems" to have a boosting effect on the fishes immune system, as well as irratating a lot of pathenogens. Stress reduction, good water quality and careful purchasing at LFS are all good safeguards against disease
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Old 04-11-2004, 05:32 PM   #5
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What about getting a stress zyme or whatever from walmart my LFS is closed.... my other fish aren't sick at all... i mean brooke would get to them to wouldn't it

I do have some quick cure, and have him in a seperate holding container with treated with this, Im gonna leave him in there for 20 minutes..

My other clownfish is unaffected

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Old 04-11-2004, 08:14 PM   #6
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I am not familiar with "Sresszyme" but it sounds like another marketing hype even if it was the piscine equivalent of diazapam or prozac, drugging is no substitute for dealing with the environmental or chemical issues that cause stress.
Fish like humans can vary in their tolerence to stress, how they were captured, and subsequently handled are factors, as well as their treatment once they arrive at the LFS.
Nutition is a big factor in an animals ability to deal with and ward off the effects of stress, then again it might be something as simple as the weak one is naturally introverted and being picked on or getting the least to eat.
While I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert of fish stress and diseases, I really don't think that treating fish with OTC "cure-alls" without knowing what you are dealing with is a good plan. I suspect that in many cases using these products may impart a false sense of well being that is shattered when the animal dies.
Then again sometimes animals die with no apperent cause, it's hard to tell unless you are a qualified ichtyopathologist, and have access to the corpse to perform a necropsy immediatly.
Not much help and not at reassuring I know, and for that iI am sorry. Hopefully someone else has more input, can you post more detailed symptoms. Best of luck with the little guy
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Old 04-11-2004, 08:23 PM   #7
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I am not familiar with "Sresszyme" but it sounds like another marketing hype

its a gooey stuff in a squirt bottle that is supposed to have enzymes, electrolytes and aloe vera in it "helps fishs' slime-coat"- i think it may also have a dechlorinator in it too, i have used stuff like that before- there are lots of brand names of thay type of stuff, i have no idea if it actually does any real good, but its not made to cure anything, its supposed to be a preventative.

Clownfishman, i really don't think it would do any good at this point.


i can't remember what quick-cure is, IFIRR its a broad spectrum antifungal....?


i guess you'll have to do some research and try to figure out whats causing the problem, sometimes its worse to treat for the wrong thing before finding out the cause
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