is it a bad sign if a clown triggers belly was fat and now its skinny ?

espkh9

espkh9

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i noticed the GHT trigger make an attack on the CT yesterday...the CT used to have a fat stomach like blown upafter it would eat it would be real nice and fat on the bottom of its body...now hes just lying timid behind or under a cave and he is skinny on the bottom looks like extra skin is there but tha rest of him looks ok and hes eating ...is it alarming to see him not fat and just hiding in caves..he also was the last edition and the other have been in a for a months the ght maybe 5-6 weeks. thanks. is this normal or might he be wounded ?
 
crashbandicoot

crashbandicoot

Active Member
Not normal , Sounds like its been getting beat up by the GHT . My advice would be to get it back in to the QT and observe it there .
 
R

rcreations

Guest
Thanks. So if it's like a Queen, it must be a mean bugger then.
 
espkh9

espkh9

Member
they seem to now be getting along fine...just when i got the clown it was plump and fat on its belly now not that much...but getting better...is this an inclination of the belly not being fat as a sickness or possibly somthing serious wrong ? I don't have a QT for a 6 inch clown trigger that would just stress it out more. thanks.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

Active Member
Triggers are aggressive fish and some are not going to get along; there isn't much (IMO) that we can do to change that fact, just nature at work. Also, anytime you add any fish to an established tank, there can be trouble. Fish learn their place and protect their territory; any addition scrambles the pecking order. The fact that aggressive fish are involved makes this even more likely.
 
kjr_trig

kjr_trig

Active Member
Sounds to me like he has worms of some sort, this is the likely case anytime a fish is eating well, yet still getting thinner....I would post that you have a trigger with possible worms in "desease and treatment", and hopefully Sepulatian or Beth will advise you how to treat most appropriatly.
 
espkh9

espkh9

Member
I cant handle anymore i;m losing it... the fish looks great just skinnier but eating silversides and mysis with garlic and zoe well swiming well getting along with others...he was just puffed up when he arrived i cant treat him in anyway i donthave the tank or the means or the head...for beth and seps treatments they are both excellent people and give great advice by no means am i knocking them they are just too smart for me and i'm too tired to do what muct be done..my knees are broken from bending down the past 5 months and i have to have surgery.. i will let nature take its course I.E. i give up
 
kjr_trig

kjr_trig

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Originally Posted by Espkh9
http:///forum/post/2601325
I cant handle anymore i;m losing it... the fish looks great just skinnier but eating silversides and mysis with garlic and zoe well swiming well getting along with others...he was just puffed up when he arrived i cant treat him in anyway i donthave the tank or the means or the head...for beth and seps treatments they are both excellent people and give great advice by no means am i knocking them they are just too smart for me and i'm too tired to do what muct be done..my knees are broken from bending down the past 5 months and i have to have surgery.. i will let nature take its course I.E. i give up
I don't believe the treatment for worms is very severe, I think you just put it in their food and feed all the fish
...I just recommended asking in the desease forum as those 2 know a lot more about it.....Sorry for your frustration, nobody said this hobby is always easy.
 
espkh9

espkh9

Member
i will try and get a clear shot of the clown trigger and put it in the disease forum when i can stand. lol
 
T

tizzo

Guest
I had a copperband do the exact same thing!! He ate and ate and ate, but got skinnier and skinnier. I even put him in QT and gave him this copper based food thinking he had some sort of worms. He ended up dying, and I know it's gross but in the name of research... I cut him in half looking for any types of worms... Nothing, but he did exhibit signs of a bacterial infection before he died. He got the blood red hicki looking things on his sides.
Lemme see if I can find the thread with the recommended treatment. For me it was to late, but you may still have time if you fish has the same thing...
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/2601574
I had a copperband do the exact same thing!! He ate and ate and ate, but got skinnier and skinnier. I even put him in QT and gave him this copper based food thinking he had some sort of worms. He ended up dying, and I know it's gross but in the name of research... I cut him in half looking for any types of worms... Nothing, but he did exhibit signs of a bacterial infection before he died. He got the blood red hicki looking things on his sides.
Lemme see if I can find the thread with the recommended treatment. For me it was to late, but you may still have time if you fish has the same thing...
TIZZ!! What the heck did you feed your fish?? You should have come to us when you saw the symptoms. When fish eat and eat, yet get skinnier, there is an internal infection or parasites.
 
triggerfre

triggerfre

Member
If you give up.Then you should not be in this hobby.just letting your fish die because you are to lazy or tired to treat them is cruel and unjust.People like you ruin this hobby for everyone.Please give your fish to some one that can take care of them properly.I have followed your threads for months about all you triggers you want to add.And everyone told you about the possibilities of problems.If you can't handle the aggression and problems that come with these type of fish, then you need to get rid of them and get some clown fish.just my opinion.

Originally Posted by Espkh9
http:///forum/post/2601325
I cant handle anymore i;m losing it... the fish looks great just skinnier but eating silversides and mysis with garlic and zoe well swiming well getting along with others...he was just puffed up when he arrived i cant treat him in anyway i donthave the tank or the means or the head...for beth and seps treatments they are both excellent people and give great advice by no means am i knocking them they are just too smart for me and i'm too tired to do what muct be done..my knees are broken from bending down the past 5 months and i have to have surgery.. i will let nature take its course I.E. i give up
 
espkh9

espkh9

Member
Originally Posted by triggerfre
http:///forum/post/2603616
If you give up.Then you should not be in this hobby.just letting your fish die because you are to lazy or tired to treat them is cruel and unjust.People like you ruin this hobby for everyone.Please give your fish to some one that can take care of them properly.I have followed your threads for months about all you triggers you want to add.And everyone told you about the possibilities of problems.If you can't handle the aggression and problems that come with these type of fish, then you need to get rid of them and get some clown fish.just my opinion.

keep following my threads friend maybe you learn a thing or 2 go look at my 125 reef tank its is quite possibly one of the nicest reefs out there with 15 fish in there exotic fish..for 2 years i have 200 inverts and 100 corals most difficuly to expert ones...i'm on my knees fixing things in my tank 5 hours a day b4 and after work where i manage a 210 fowlr.. ia lso have a 65 fowlr..get a clue...if you saw the 3 FTS of my tanks you would keep quiet..i was tired when i posted that thread and my knees are still killing me Sir....i dont listen to everone i listen to experience ppl i trust books and videos i read or watched and my personal instinct...lets see your tank pal.
think before your write some really silly comments.

my fish dont die,
 
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