Clown Trigger with poblem
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lion_crazz
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Could you maybe post another pic or two? I can't really see anything on the fish that looks abnormal or problematic.
Check out the disease pics in the sticky thread above and tell me if you think it looks like lymph.
Check out the disease pics in the sticky thread above and tell me if you think it looks like lymph.
emperor11
Active Member
Are you talking about on the caudal fin? It appears to be fin rot. Fin Rot is best treated with improving water quality, and diet. What are you feeding it? And what are your water parameters? To the best of my knowledge, I don't believe fin rot is contagious to the other fish, so really there is no need to quarantine, IMO. Just improve the diet, and his living conditions, and he should be fine. If we could get a clearer pic, we might be able to diagnose a little better. I am simply taking a guess, given the picture provided.
lion_crazz
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How long have you had this fish? What other fish are in the tank?
Water conditions and/or nutrition are two of the main reasons why most hobbiests have problems to begin with.
I know it's tedious, but we need to know what your water quality is and what you are feeding the fish in order to help you. We need to know your exact pH, kH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, salinity, and temperature? Without knowing this, we cannot rule out this being the problem. Great water conditions to you may not be great conditions to me, and vice versa.
Water conditions and/or nutrition are two of the main reasons why most hobbiests have problems to begin with.
I know it's tedious, but we need to know what your water quality is and what you are feeding the fish in order to help you. We need to know your exact pH, kH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, salinity, and temperature? Without knowing this, we cannot rule out this being the problem. Great water conditions to you may not be great conditions to me, and vice versa.
rolling_g
Member
just got done with water test
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10
ph 8.0
phos 0.4
this is a fish only with live rock 210 gal . I have 4 triggers and 1 naso tang with 7 smaller fish from clowns to chromis . I feed them formula 1 and 2 , krill, trigger formula , seaweed selects algae , clams , shrimp ....There is more but I'm not at the freezer . I've had the Clown Trigger for 6 months also . This is also the only fish that has this
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10
ph 8.0
phos 0.4
this is a fish only with live rock 210 gal . I have 4 triggers and 1 naso tang with 7 smaller fish from clowns to chromis . I feed them formula 1 and 2 , krill, trigger formula , seaweed selects algae , clams , shrimp ....There is more but I'm not at the freezer . I've had the Clown Trigger for 6 months also . This is also the only fish that has this
lion_crazz
Active Member
When did you begin to notice the problem?
Are any of the other fish picking on him?
Are any of the other fish picking on him?
lion_crazz
Active Member
Yeah, I agree, we really cannot diagnose anything until we know exactly what the problem is.
A specific gravity of 1.026 is perfectly fine.
A specific gravity of 1.026 is perfectly fine.
seannmelly
Active Member
If there are growths on his fins, we had the same exact problem with one of our past clown triggers and ended up losing him before we knew how to treat him and before we had this website!! He ended up getting a secondary infection and cloudy eye and before we could do anything he...passed
He was my favorite fish EVER. If I were you, I would post as much info as possible to save this precious GORGEOUS life!
Melly
Melly
lion_crazz
Active Member
I am not really seeing anything. Are you talking about the blueish at the ends of the fins?
lion_crazz
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How is this fish acting? Is he still eating well?