Thursday night I noticed Wilma had some odd coloration and marks on her. Nothing odd in her behavior, well not anything more than odd than usual. erv:
Anyhow, I decided to move her to the QT tank and to send Fred with her. Not because I'm convinced it is a parasite, but I'm concerned with their nutrition. The man that had them before was feeding them frozen Emerald Green and nori. I feed the tank both marine vegetation and meaty foods and although I had gotten Fred to eat meaty food back when I first got them I'm not convinced that Wilma is getting nearly enough. My thoughts were to dose meaty foods with garlic extreme and get them on a primarily meaty diet. Fred has taken to it like a champ. Wilma, not so much. I have tried most marine foods..except for Ocean Nutrition Forumla I flakes. I think I'll try that next with her.
So anyhow, back to ID'ing the markings. These 2 fish are about impossible to photograph. Kudos to all of you that get great shots of your clownfish. I'm attaching 2 photos, the 2nd has marks showing where to look in the first photo. Even so you might need this description...there are light striations, almost stripes in the orange area behind her first stripe. Up near the dorsal fin. Then in the 2nd white stripe there is a horizontal raised line. It almost looks like a splinter under the skin. Strange I know.
I'm wondering if this is an injury she got in the tank? Nutritional issues? Parasite like flukes that I need to do a dip for? Your thoughts are welcome...(oh and Niko, she doesn't have aliens)
and because I promised someone I'd post a photo of my QT:
Anyhow, I decided to move her to the QT tank and to send Fred with her. Not because I'm convinced it is a parasite, but I'm concerned with their nutrition. The man that had them before was feeding them frozen Emerald Green and nori. I feed the tank both marine vegetation and meaty foods and although I had gotten Fred to eat meaty food back when I first got them I'm not convinced that Wilma is getting nearly enough. My thoughts were to dose meaty foods with garlic extreme and get them on a primarily meaty diet. Fred has taken to it like a champ. Wilma, not so much. I have tried most marine foods..except for Ocean Nutrition Forumla I flakes. I think I'll try that next with her.
So anyhow, back to ID'ing the markings. These 2 fish are about impossible to photograph. Kudos to all of you that get great shots of your clownfish. I'm attaching 2 photos, the 2nd has marks showing where to look in the first photo. Even so you might need this description...there are light striations, almost stripes in the orange area behind her first stripe. Up near the dorsal fin. Then in the 2nd white stripe there is a horizontal raised line. It almost looks like a splinter under the skin. Strange I know.
I'm wondering if this is an injury she got in the tank? Nutritional issues? Parasite like flukes that I need to do a dip for? Your thoughts are welcome...(oh and Niko, she doesn't have aliens)
and because I promised someone I'd post a photo of my QT: