Clown really pale

penpen

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Last night, I was feeling pretty good, I thought I had beaten the ick, but turn the lights on this morning, and the clown that had the ick (which has been gone for almsot a week now) is really pale, and not swimming very good at all. Last night, he was swimming really good, doing laps around his favorite rock. ph is 8.2, alkalinity is at 3, salt is at a good level. Fed 2 small portions a day, 1 in the morning, and one at night. His companion (another clown) is doing great, bright orange in color, swimming strong, so I'm stumped. The gills did look a little different on the sick clown though. I'm afraid this little guy isn't gonna make it
 

penpen

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I used a treatment I got from my LFS about 2 weeks ago, cant remember the name of it, made the tank really cloudy so I stopped using it. about 3 days after the treatment, I did a freshwater dip, and that was about a week ago, the dip seemed to do the trick though. But now, sadly, Marshall (fish that was pale, and yes, if you recognize the name, its from How I Met Your Mother, and his pair was Lilly). I feel really bad about it too.... It just shocks me how he was doing just fine last night, and we wake up this morning, and he was in the shape he was in... Still would like to know what took my fishy friend...
 
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