w glint
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Hello everyone!
I recently got a new Gold Striped Maroon Clown for my tank, as a replacement to my late perc clown that met his demise at the hands of a malfunctioning powerhead witch has since been removed. When i 'picked him out' at the pet shop he was listed as a ORA GSM clown and it was hard to see real details because of some wierd tinting on the holding tanks. over the last 2 days of staring at my new addition, im starting to think he may not be a Maroon at all, or perhaps some wierd mix breed, or perhaps some genetic misshap. Hes more of a dark brown in color with patches of dark orange, and his stripes are more white than gold. He also does not fit the normal body profile of a Maroon clown, and more resembles a Perc. He does has a multiple misbar on his front stripe which is characteristic of Maroon's I will attach some pictures with this post. He also has not been eating at all yet - i tried frozen mysis and a few different flake foods, as well as some green algae: non got any attention. I should also mention that one of his eye's show some signs of trauma - a white clowdy layer over the eye that protrudes outward, which leads me to believe his eye sight may not be the best. He does show some energy when i do feed and swims around more actively when food is in the water but dosent eat any of the food.
As for behavior, he swims in relative place at the surface of the water, occasionally swims down the water column and then back up to the surface. Water and tank parameters are nominal, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, 10-15 nitrate (higher than normal, but its due to my feeding attempts), 78 degrees, and 1.023 salinity. I also added an airstone, and added some stress-reducer on the first day, along with a slime coat booster.
He does have some frayed fins and a small tare on the back fin, as well as a small white lump on his 'chin', so i plan to medicate him with some Lifeguard as a general health-cleanup after i can get him to eat. When i got him, i talked to the LFS owner and he said he had the clown for a few months and was doing fine when i bought him - he even had a nickname too. i will contacts the owner in the morning to see what they fed him.
Thanks so much for any help you can give me!
I recently got a new Gold Striped Maroon Clown for my tank, as a replacement to my late perc clown that met his demise at the hands of a malfunctioning powerhead witch has since been removed. When i 'picked him out' at the pet shop he was listed as a ORA GSM clown and it was hard to see real details because of some wierd tinting on the holding tanks. over the last 2 days of staring at my new addition, im starting to think he may not be a Maroon at all, or perhaps some wierd mix breed, or perhaps some genetic misshap. Hes more of a dark brown in color with patches of dark orange, and his stripes are more white than gold. He also does not fit the normal body profile of a Maroon clown, and more resembles a Perc. He does has a multiple misbar on his front stripe which is characteristic of Maroon's I will attach some pictures with this post. He also has not been eating at all yet - i tried frozen mysis and a few different flake foods, as well as some green algae: non got any attention. I should also mention that one of his eye's show some signs of trauma - a white clowdy layer over the eye that protrudes outward, which leads me to believe his eye sight may not be the best. He does show some energy when i do feed and swims around more actively when food is in the water but dosent eat any of the food.
As for behavior, he swims in relative place at the surface of the water, occasionally swims down the water column and then back up to the surface. Water and tank parameters are nominal, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, 10-15 nitrate (higher than normal, but its due to my feeding attempts), 78 degrees, and 1.023 salinity. I also added an airstone, and added some stress-reducer on the first day, along with a slime coat booster.
He does have some frayed fins and a small tare on the back fin, as well as a small white lump on his 'chin', so i plan to medicate him with some Lifeguard as a general health-cleanup after i can get him to eat. When i got him, i talked to the LFS owner and he said he had the clown for a few months and was doing fine when i bought him - he even had a nickname too. i will contacts the owner in the morning to see what they fed him.
Thanks so much for any help you can give me!
