Sick Maroon Clown

[Joe V.]

We inherited a large, female maroon clown with our tank ... from the fish's
activity, it appeared to be pretty old. The past week, the clown has been
basically lying on it's side at the bottom of the tank ... we thought for
sure it was dying. However, whenever I come to feed the other fish, the
maroon perks up and swims up to eat. An hour later, it's on it's side at the
bottom of the tank again ...

Not sure what to do :( Any help would be appreciated.

[Marc Levenson]

Is it gasping, or look like its struggling to breathe?

Marc


"Joe V." wrote:

> We inherited a large, female maroon clown with our tank ... from the fish's
> activity, it appeared to be pretty old. The past week, the clown has been
> basically lying on it's side at the bottom of the tank ... we thought for
> sure it was dying. However, whenever I come to feed the other fish, the
> maroon perks up and swims up to eat. An hour later, it's on it's side at the
> bottom of the tank again ...
>
> Not sure what to do :( Any help would be appreciated.

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[Joe Varghese]

Marc Levenson > wrote in message >...
> Is it gasping, or look like its struggling to breathe?
>
> Marc
>
>

Yes ... definitely looks like it's struggling to breathe. The clown
lays on one side (always the same side) and moves it's body as it
breathes ... it's not a violent struggle or anything, but clearly not
healthy.

However, as I mentioned, whenever I come to feed the fish, the clown
gets up and swims towards the food. The swimming motion is not 100%
healthy (slightly tilted), but it is eating.

I feel like I should put it out of it's misery, but the behavior
during feeding confuses me.

[Marc Levenson]

Sounds lke you need to hurry up and post this in the Fish Disease forum on RC to get some
quick feedback.

Marc


Joe Varghese wrote:

> Marc Levenson > wrote in message >...
> > Is it gasping, or look like its struggling to breathe?
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
>
> Yes ... definitely looks like it's struggling to breathe. The clown
> lays on one side (always the same side) and moves it's body as it
> breathes ... it's not a violent struggle or anything, but clearly not
> healthy.
>
> However, as I mentioned, whenever I come to feed the fish, the clown
> gets up and swims towards the food. The swimming motion is not 100%
> healthy (slightly tilted), but it is eating.
>
> I feel like I should put it out of it's misery, but the behavior
> during feeding confuses me.

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