Clown Won't Eat - Help!

havnfun328

havnfun328

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I treated my tank with Chemi Clean for Red Slime (See http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86332 for more tank parameters and more info), and ever since my clown won't eat (There were two, lost one).

He tends to hang out near the surface, swims around a lot, and otherwise seems ok, but I never see him eat anything. Just swims through the food. I've been feeding a combination of flake food, brine shrimp and mysis shrimp. All the other fish are fine. It's almost as if the chemical gave him brain damage or blinded him.

It's been over three weeks, and to be honest, I don't understand how he's lasted this long. Is there anything I can do? Thanks.
 
You might be able to entice it to eat with live foods like brine shrimp. You could also try to offer it cyclops or other freeze dried or frozen foods. Sadly, oxidisers often times do far more harm than good. I'd do a major water change and see if that perks him up as well. It may not help but, it won't hurt either.
What are your water parameters that might be part of the cause as well.
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try soaking his normal food in garlic kent & seachem do a good garlic to add to fish food if that dont work i`d reckon nothing will
 
I haven't checked my params in about a week, but they have all been good (SG 1.020, pH 8.2, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 ~ 15ppm).

I'll try some other foods and garlic.

Thanks.
 
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