Floating Clown

[danny zubot]

I very new and proven cure for infections is the use of garlic extract. I had a Clown with pop eye infection due to injury and while in quarentine we feed it it regular food (mysis) mixed with garlic. He heeled up fine with no apparant side effects. Worth a shot, and very cheap.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by DOO-E

Now this is what we used on our goldfish. Every year we have a couple "floaters" what we do is put them in a ice cream pale with aquarium salt and over a few days it all levels out. This seems to help with our Ryunkin and pearlscale goldfish.

Originally Posted by Stirfry

i used to work at a pet store and a little trick of the trade we would take a few grains of aquarium salt and put it in thier mout but mind you this is for goldfish no gaurantee on this but you might try.

Um, pardon my ignorance but this being a saltwater clownfish, doesn't the fish already "technically" have salt in its mouth/surroundings already??

Kayleb, you may want to try giving the fish a freshwater dip if the possibility of an intestinal blockage is apparent. The change in osmotic pressure I think is what loosens the blockage. I don't know how long you would want to do this for. Maybe someone who has done FW dips on SW fish could chime in here??

Christy

[danny zubot]

Sounds like a good recipe, with all of the salt and garlic!

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Kayleb, you may want to try giving the fish a freshwater dip if the possibility of an intestinal blockage is apparent. The change in osmotic pressure I think is what loosens the blockage. I don't know how long you would want to do this for. Maybe someone who has done FW dips on SW fish could chime in here??

Maybe worth a try. Match the temperature of the water to the tank, and let the fish sit in there for a few minutes. I've never tried longer than 3 or 4 minutes myself.

[Kayleb]

I am going to try the garlic right away, and i"ll get some R/O water to temp. I will reply when the experiment is completed.
Thank you all very much.

[DOO-E]

Christy it is a different kind of salt this is why u cant take standard aquarium salt and put SW fish in it. Has different effects.

[Delphinus]

Doo-e, they might not be the same thing but I don't think it's going to work the same for SW fish as it will for FW fish.

I'm no marine biologist though. But Christy is.

[christyf5]

Doo-e,

As far as I know, the only difference between regular salt and "aquarium" salt is the iodine. Iodine can kill fish so it isn't added to this type of salt and you can use it to treat FW fish for ick etc. The difference between "aquarium" salt and the salt we use for reefing is that it has additives (ca, mg etc). I believe you could keep a SW fish alive using "aquarium" salt. Heck, what did they use 30+ years ago before Instant Ocean came around??

Christy

[MitchM]

Originally Posted by Kayleb

I am going to try the garlic right away, and i"ll get some R/O water to temp. I will reply when the experiment is completed.
Thank you all very much.

Won't the PH change from salt water (~8.1) to RO water (~6.5) be a pretty serious shock to the fish?

Shouldn't regular tap water just be run through some carbon for the FW dip?

Mitch

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Carpentersreef

Won't the PH change from salt water (~8.1) to RO water (~6.5) be a pretty serious shock to the fish?

Shouldn't regular tap water just be run through some carbon for the FW dip?

Mitch

Good point Mitch, I was just thinking about that one.

Christy