sick fish

MoparMan · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

I have a sick clown fish that looks like his colors are fading,his eye is
bulged out also.Should i get rid of him?Will he make others in my tank
sick?Will he get better?
Thanks

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DefLizard · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 15

sick fish

Group: rec.aquaria.marine.reefs Date: Sat, Jul 5, 2003, 4:44pm From:
Nonya@business.net (MoparMan)
I have a sick clown fish that looks like his colors are fading,his eye
is bulged out also.Should i get rid of him?Will he make others in my
tank sick?Will he get better?
Thanks
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Fish can harbor bacterial diseases and parasites, and do, on occasion,
pass them on to other fish, so, I would at the least, isolate the sick
fish in a hospital tank. Sick fish are also picked upon by other fish
sometimes, which also adds to their stress, further debilitating them.
I always had a ten gallon tank ready for such cases. I had an air pump,
a corner filter (used for FW) placed some media in it, plus all the
other stuff, a light on a timer, a heater, some rockwork, and using the
main aquarium water, transfer the sick fish to the ten gallon.
My record was about 50/50 - half of my sick fish recovered, and half
didn't make it, but at least I gave it a try. Only when I saw a fish in
its death throes, did I put it out of its (and mine) misery.
HTH

http://community.webtv.net/deflizard/doc
regards, John

Just Adira, period. · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 14

MoparMan wrote:

> I have a sick clown fish that looks like his colors are fading,his
eye is
> bulged out also.Should i get rid of him?Will he make others in my
tank
> sick?Will he get better?
> Thanks
>
>
>

I had a percula do that........he was stressed I suspect. He croaked,
but nothing else in the tank did.

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