Sick Clown Fish?

Gina · 11-07-2004, 06:30 AM

Yesterday we noticed that our female clown fish has a swollen belly, her eyes are somewhat protruding and she is swimming with her mouth opened but, not gasping. It's just opened.
Any thoughts? Could this be a sign she has eggs? Or is she probably sick? Any other clown owners seen this?

TIA.

Woodstock · 11-07-2004, 08:20 AM

Hi Gina

My clown spawns almost constantly and the only thing i notice about her prior to laying is that her belly gets bloated and she becomes more aggressive. Make sure your water is ok.. no high nitrates. Do you feed flake food? Dry foods can get moldy pretty quickly, especially if not stored properly.

Keep us posted!

Gina · 11-07-2004, 01:30 PM

As far as water quality goes all is ok. We feed krill and cyclop-eeze and once and awhile shrimp.

All other fish are doing fine.

angnak · 11-08-2004, 02:50 PM

Sorry Gina I am not sure what it may be. Just a bump. How are things today with her?

wooddood · 11-08-2004, 04:02 PM

my guess is she is gettin ready to lay eggs, at least i hope so and that she not sick. keep us posted on what happens and good luck with her.

dave.

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Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,292 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sick Clown Fish? Yesterday we noticed that our female clown fish has a swollen belly, her eyes are somewhat protruding and she is swimming with her mouth opened but, not gasping. It's just opened. Any thoughts? Could this be a sign she has eggs? Or is she probably sick? Any other clown owners seen this? TIA. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

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Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 21,658 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Hi Gina My clown spawns almost constantly and the only thing i notice about her prior to laying is that her belly gets bloated and she becomes more aggressive. Make sure your water is ok.. no high nitrates. Do you feed flake food? Dry foods can get moldy pretty quickly, especially if not stored properly. Keep us posted! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~29 gal QT/Hospital tank~* *~3 gal Pico~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MH, dual Actinic t5s,AquaController III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

11-07-2004, 01:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,292 View Gallery Karma Komment	As far as water quality goes all is ok. We feed krill and cyclop-eeze and once and awhile shrimp. All other fish are doing fine. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

11-08-2004, 02:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
angnak Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 555 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sorry Gina I am not sure what it may be. Just a bump. How are things today with her? __________________ 210gal AGA SW tank. 3 250w MH 4 160w VHOs, 30 gal refuge, ASM Skimmer, Orange shoulder tang, Black tang, Naso tang, 2 orange percs, 2 black percs, 1 lawnmower blenny, a pair of scooter blennies, 5 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, zebra crabs, halloween crabs, scarlett crabs, various other crabs and snails, 1 rock anemone, 2 colonies of button polyps, 3 colony of star polyps, 3 BTAs, monti cap, various acros

11-08-2004, 04:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
wooddood the wood dude Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CARMEL. INDIANA Posts: 3,450 View Gallery Karma Komment	my guess is she is gettin ready to lay eggs, at least i hope so and that she not sick. keep us posted on what happens and good luck with her. dave. __________________ 120 gal/in wall tank/starboard substraight/2 250 watt 10k xm metal halides/ 4 55watt 03 actinics/150lbs lr/scwd on return/scwd on a closed loop/aquaclear aquatics 200 pro wetdry w/skimmer. ask all the questions you have if we cant answer it we'll make up some thing. remember patience is the key to a kick ass reef. dave.

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