So the clown died :( Should I worry about the rest? pic

saltyjewell

Member
The clown made it 3 days in the QT. I came home yesterday to find him flipping himself around. I scoop him up in a BIG measuring cup put a little DT water in and hung the cup inside the display tank. Hubby thought maybe the lack of light was the problem but I pretty much knew he was toast.
Anyway the bugger flipped himself into the main tank and I had to scooped him off the bottom. I know stupid putting it anywhere near the main tank.
Now I don't think he had a disease, just an infected wound where the chromis chomped him.
Here's a pic of before it got right bad
The skin around where is top fin was had turned brown and was getting eaten away.
None of the QT water got in the tank and for the majority of the time that he had this mark he was in the DT.
All the fish seem happy only thing is a white dot above my sailfins left eye but I think it's just stuck sand(He likes to lay and swim along the bottom the odd time picking stuff off the bottom of rocks)
Duh! The question is, do I need to worry about the rest of the fish
 

tank a holic

Active Member
so he was in the QT with the chromis? and then got chomped?
or the chromis chomped him in the DT?
was the wound infected?
is the spot in the sailfin still there?
how long was he in the DT?
 

saltyjewell

Member
The chromis chomped him in the DT, I saw this a few times seeing the wound it caused. I got the QT set-up a few days after it happened and the clown was in there 3 days. I'd say it looked infefected it was white though until I put him in QT then it turnned brown.
The spots still on the tang but a lot smaller then it was. There's nothing on any of the other fish.
An infection from the chomp wouldn't spread to the other fish would it? Thats what I'm worried about.
 
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