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    Help! Clownfish is not eating!

    So my clownfish used to be very hyper, he used to eat well too, but now he just stays in one area and doesnt do much; he also has stopped eating. Any one have and ideas ???

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    All parameters are fine,
    and the only thing that has changed was that
    the other clownfish I had died recently.
    This is when the behavior started to change.

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    Re: Help! Clownfish is not eating!

    he has a broken heart

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    Re: Help! Clownfish is not eating!

    You haven't given us much to go on, as to how to help. Saying all parameters are fine is not good enough for us to help. The more details and actual facts you provide, the better the help.

    I'd be interested in the following:
    Why did the other fish die?
    How old is your tank? When did it originally cycle?
    What is the size (dimensions and gallonage) of your aquarium? Does the gallonage include the volume from the sump and any refugium?
    Do you use carbon, skimmer, mechanical or other chemical filtration? List all along with their maintenance.
    Do you have live rock in the system? How many pounds or amount and where is it put?
    Other than live rock hitchhikers, list all marine life & sizes in the tank (fish, inverts, corals, clams, snails, crabs, shrimp, etc.).
    Do you use a quarantine tank and procedure?
    Foods you use and feeding schedules.
    How long have you had this fish? If the fish was recently acquired (6 weeks or less), two more questions: Did you treat it or give it a dip before it went into the aquarium? How did you acclimate it – what procedure?
    Do you use any vitamins? Fat additives? Any elemental or other additives? Please list all.
    Chemistries – Do you test for Phosphate, alkalinity, calcium and magnesium? Please give actual current numbers for everything. I would like test kit test results, not dip stick results and actual numbers even if you think all is fine/okay. Have these numbers been changing lately?
    Water parameters – please give actual numbers (pH and your pH range, salinity or sp. gr. & range, temperature range)
    Do you see any of the following in your system: hair algae; micro algae; cyanobacteria growths (red slime algae); dinoflagellate (zooxanthellae) growths; brown algae; diatom growth; slimes; off-colored patches on rock or substrate that are not coralline; etc.?
    Water changes (how much and how often).
    What is your source water? (Tap water, RO water, DI water, RO/DI, distilled, etc.)
    List what you added or taken out of your aquarium system (living, decorations, and equipment) during the past 6 weeks.
    Maintenance schedule. What have you done lately?

    LEE

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