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12-16-2005, 04:11 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Denver, CO,Colorado
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 |  Clown fish gone mad?
This morning all was well in the tank. Now tonight, my larger female tomato clown is breathing faster than anything and keeps opening her mouth very wide and slamming into the front glass of the tank. All the other fish and inverts and corals seem fine. Water params seem fine (although I don't have any more ammonia/nitrite tests at the moment - but assume that isn't it or everyone would be having problems). Anyone have any thoughts on what it might be or what I should do?
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55 gal glass tank, 2 power heads, wet/dry filter, protein skimmer, 50 lbs live rock, pair of tomato clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 coral beauty angel, 1 six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 12 assorted snails (astrea/turbo), 15 assorted hermit crabs, green bubble tip anemone, red mushrooms, yellow polyps, 1 green leather, green star polyps, yellow toadstool | 
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12-16-2005, 04:17 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
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Oh and I guess I should mention too, I don't see anything physically wrong with the clown fish. She looks fine. But the force that she's hitting the glass - either her face is gonna give or the tank will... | |
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12-16-2005, 04:42 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
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Update: Clown fish is not going after the glass anymore, but is still breathing fast and now stops periodically and does a shaking thing - looks like a siezure or something... Oddly enough, I saw the smaller male do this too just now. The female also keeps pointing herself almost vertical and then just stopping all motion, the twitches and goes swimming off. Again, all the other fish and things seem to be life as normal... | |
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12-16-2005, 04:59 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Could be a mating ritual??
J
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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12-16-2005, 06:06 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
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The face smashing seizure twitch ritual....aahh yes I have lured many a honey with this. Usually leads to a headache the morning after though. 
hahahaha'
Jay
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60 Gal Acrylic, 30 Gal Acrylic, 55 Gal Glass.
Remora skimmers, 440 Watts VHO URI's. Mag canister for carbon. 90 Pounds liverock, 100 pounds live sand DSB, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown Percula, Royal Gramma, Domino Damsel. Pulsing Xenia, Devils Hand Leather, Frogspawns, Torches, Hammers, Fox Corals, Gorgonias, Various Zoanuthus, Favietes, Toxic Green Star Polyps. Candy Cane corals, Purple Indica. | |
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12-16-2005, 07:11 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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I know about the seizure twitch thing. I had a pair of occelaris and they used to do what i called the "bacon dance". But none of them used to ram in the tank walls though. Now maybe... and thats a big maybe but maybe its trying to compete with his own reflection in the tank glass to see who gets the other one. _________ 
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RBTA, Montipora digitata, Ricordea, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Zo's, Finger leather, Pulsing xenia, Mushrooms
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12-16-2005, 07:35 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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breathing fast is usually something really bad. I've had fish do that just before they die. Blenny and mandarin.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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12-16-2005, 07:57 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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I'd put it in a QT tank and consider treating with a broad spectrum antibiotic along with a FW methylene blue dip. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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12-16-2005, 09:20 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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Originally Posted by RAVEN I'd put it in a QT tank and consider treating with a broad spectrum antibiotic along with a FW methylene blue dip. | The other thing that comes to mind is ich.
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