Which med?

I know. That's what makes it so tough. There's the dark side to each.
The two deciding factor's for me are, that the clown REALLY does not look good, and clowns are tough as heck. I just have that feeling if I continue with the food thing, he will not make it. If he doesn't make it in the HT, at least I could say I tried. This all goes along with the current trend of things (as it is continuing to get worse with just the food treatments).
The second is I have no access to decent cycle stuff anyways. We have no LFS here, so literally, if it's not available at PetCo or PetsMart (I will just hint at my opinion of those places since it gets me in trouble ), and I don't have it on hand, I am SOL. Nearest LFS worth anything is in Sacramento or Salt Lake City.

 

hey packleader

Horns of a dilema
make a decision , go with it, dont second guess yourself.

if you decide on course of action A and it goes wrong or if you decide on course of action B it goes wrong - either way , at least you did what you thought was best

if you cant decide between A and B - and the worse happens, while you are in A - then you will convince yourself that B would have solved the problem ( you cant know that because you cant do both)


If you cant make conditions better where they are, I say do the HT and I sincerely hope it goes well for you.

Steve

 

Well, for now, I have decided to HT the clown. I know it sounds reverse, but for whatever reason, the clown seems much more worse. I do think it's gills have been affected due to its very labored/accelerated breathing. And it's not eating. And, in addition to the ick, it looks almost like it's begun to shed it's slimecoat. The tang has spots and is scratching. That's it, so I think I am going to leave it for the time being. I know tangs are supposedly a LOT more sensitive to this, but it's definitely at the better end as of tonight.

 

Here's a pic of the HT. I really like the fake plant. I feel like it needs some pink/purple gravel to go along with it, and maybe one of those bubbling treasure chests or shipwrecks:

 

Bottom left hand corner behind the PVC T piece
is that the patient ? hows it doing?

Steve

 

He's only been in there about 10 minutes. But no worse than he was in the DT. I have since covered the tank up to make it nice and dark. I will check in on him in a little.
I feel bad for the female. She is cruising the tank looking for him.
Also realized to set-up the tank I used my nice digital temp probe. Which has now been exposed to copper. Looks like I have a nice electronic temp system that is now permanently for an HT :

 

Hope it goes well for you
get out of this present slight trough and I reckon some good stuff is around the corner for you. Life is like that IME:thumb_up:

Steve

 

Thanks! I checked in on him, and he actually seems to be doing better already. His breathing seems to have slowed at least.

 

good news, keep the thread updated if you dont mind?
lots of people now rooting for this fish and its guardian

Steve