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Sad update. The clowns died. They looked terribly stressed and uncomfortable last night so I did a 50% water change to remove a large chunk of the medication. Woke up this morning and both were dead. If I could go back in time I probably would have just kept them in Hikari medication, not do a fresh water dip and not do a tank transfer. I think that all those things really stressed them out.
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Tough luck man, sorry for your loss.
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Thanks. I wish it had worked out. It was truly a beautiful pair of clowns. I wish I could figure out why almost every single clown that comes from Solomon ends up with brooklynella…no matter what vendor I go through. I have seen true percs and Oceallris from other regions but they seem to live.
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I've started prophylactic 30 min dip of all incoming clowns before they hit the main QT if they are strong enough. Seems like Brook is far too common in the industry now.
Sorry for the loss, they were gorgeous fish.
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Fish from the Solomons spend 40h or more in the bag - that weakens them sufficiently. It is also likely that latent brooklynella infections are common among fish from that region or that their holding facilities are insufficient promote parasites to spread. Though there may be other issues with them besides brook. Before I saved several of them with antibiotics. Did they still had white patches or where they just breathing heavily?
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I have a photo of them dead but if I posted it here everyone would get really sad. It's actually pretty tough to look at it for me too.
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Not sure if it was Brooklynella that killed them. I treated a clown at a store here that was covered with brook and after one single formalin dip and relocation into a clean tank it recovered.
I got a normal percula pair from the Solomons on Saturday and so far they didn't get any white patches but the female started breathing a bit heavy last night. They had been for a week at the dealer and looked OK there. I did a formalin dip before putting them into the QT. I will do another dip later today and then think about giving them also antibiotics. I'm not sure this is just brook that we are dealing with on Solomon percula.
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I'm really sorry to hear that. I know how you feel...
Looking back at it it does look like too many things were done too soon... Thanks for posting it publicly as others can learn from this... We should chat on the phone about techniques sometime... |
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What do you think was done too soon?
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Clownfish, especially percula and ocellaris, are very fragile fish when freshly imported. But after acclimated they can be very hardy.
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Agree. Once established they can tolerate a wide variety of swings like nitrates, temperature change, etc. However, getting the wild caught clowns to that point can be a challenge. There is one LFS that is one of the only few left that still buys wild caught Ocellaris. I would say 25% of their new wild ocellaris clowns come down with brook at the store but the rest do fine. As a matter of fact I am considering getting a pair of wild Ocellaris clowns from them. Love the Solomon true percs but don't know if I am ready to deal with them after having just lost the onyx pair.
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I can say that all the fish in the DT now, tough as nails. Want to say my Tang is even tougher than my clown.
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Sucks man, they where a beautiful pair. Sorry for your loss.
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Saw this black true perc at LFS. Really cute and nice but missing the third white bar by his tail.
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Looks pretty good. Wild?
I got a wild pair of the normal Solomon percula last Saturday. They had been at the store for a week and were looking ok. I only took them because the female is pretty big and should be ready for breeding. Her "original" mate looked pretty bad and she was biting him so I took the little guy in the next compartment instead because he looked much better. They got the mandatory formalin dip and then went into the QT: The female was eating like a pig but started breathing a bit heavy Monday night so I gave a dose CP to the tank. This morning the breathing issue was better and she was going after live tigger pods. This afternoon she was still going after food but didn't eat it. I suspect it's the effect of the CP. I will clean the tank tomorrow. She also has something hanging under her cheek which may or may not be flukes. I will examine that tomorrow when I have them out during the tank transfer/cleaning. The good news is that I've seen so far no signs of brook.
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I'm sorry to hear of your loss
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Thanks for your sympathy.
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Sorry for your loss,they were really a nice pair.
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I feel the loss was rather medication related than directly caused by disease, especially since the one that didn't show symptoms perished at the same time with the one who showed symptoms of brook.
Next time I would advise against dosing formalin in the tank. Dips and transfers to a clean tank should be sufficient. In fact in most cases one correctly done formalin dip may be enough - at least for the beginning until they regain strength to go through a full TTM & Dip regime. If you feel you need to treat against velvet (or do more against brook) I would rather use CP but do full water changes every 3 days (or sooner if needed). I would also recommend to put some "decoration" into the tank. At a minimum one or two ceramic flowerpots. Another thing I always have, even in an QT/HT, is a small HOB or in tank bio filter to prevent ammonia or nitrite spikes. BTW: This isn't to criticize but to pass on my (costly learned) experience to help with your next wild clowns.
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I might try another wild pair of Onyx in the near future.
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