sick maroon?

[petergorde]

i have a large maroon clownfish that i got 2 weeks ago to pair up with a very small one. anyway the pairing went great and they have been happly living together for the duration. today when i fed my fish my large clown did not have the same reaction to the food as usual. in fact i am not sure that he ate at all. usualy he atacks the food and barely lets anyone else get any. yesterday he ate fine. also today i noticed a little white stringy thing comming out of his left side above his side fin. it is definately not ick it is like 2-3 MM long and flows in the water a little when he swims. my camera sucks so i will try to get a good picture when my friend can bring his over.
i just tested my water today and the readings are the following:
PH-8.2
Amonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
Please help
Peter

 

[thegrog]

sounds like a parasite. Try a freshwater dip for 5 min (temp and pH balanced of course) and see how that goes. If that fails, you may need to QT and treat.

 

[bigarn]

Could the white stringy thing be a worm?

 

[petergorde]

i dont know, ive never seen anything like it before. i looked at the dease and treatment thread and it dosent look like anything on there.

 

[petergorde]

ok guys little update. the white thing was gone the next day but mt clown is still not eating. last night i went out and bought some garlic to soak the brine in. she still did not eat. i dont know what to do. last night i also noticed a stringy thing that looked totally different from earlier stringy thing comming from underneath her. i thought it was just poo but maybe not. someone please help. also my friend noticed that she was swimming kinda sideways sometimes. i really have become attatched to this big girl.
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[schneidts]

Do not do a FW dip. That's way too stressful for an already stressed fish. Do you have a QT setup? Does the white stringy stuff look like shedding skin at all?

 

[petergorde]

the white stringy stuff is gone. i feed them this morning for a change, cause i usually feed at night, and i think she ate 2 pieces of brine!!!!!!! i hope she keeps it up.