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Posted: June 15 2014 at 9:46pm |
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I just bought a pair of clown fish and they were fine when I got them home but now one has a huge belly, is it just full?
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Posted: June 15 2014 at 9:59pm |
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Posted: June 15 2014 at 10:19pm |
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Posted: June 15 2014 at 10:28pm |
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I dont know hence im following. Sounds lime it might have to do with the swim bladder. Is the other one fine?
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Posted: June 15 2014 at 10:33pm |
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Yeah the other one seems good, and the one with the big belly seems good also besides that, I feed them 3 times so I'm hoping he is just really full
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Posted: June 16 2014 at 6:55am |
Huge belly - No, it's not just full. Food gets digested and within ~4 hours the belly returns to normal size. What is being fed? Did the pair come from the LFS or another hobbyist? I was thinking of heading north to Layton and Clearfield today. Would either of you welcome a reef  visitor? If so, please call/text me. Mark  808-345-1049
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Posted: June 16 2014 at 5:35pm |
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He came from someone, i am feeding him prime reef flakes by ocean nutrition, and occasionally frozen brine shrimp.
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Posted: June 16 2014 at 6:01pm |
Not a very good pic but his belly is pretty big.
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Posted: June 16 2014 at 8:58pm |
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she is looking worse, swimming kinda in circles, i think she has swim, should i skip feeding for a few days?
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Posted: June 16 2014 at 8:59pm |
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I think its OK. I'm leaning toward heavy feeding/really full. Clownfish are "pigs" when it comes to eating, Be careful with flake food as I have seen them eat until they float on there side from eating to much. Don't feed them for a day and its full belly should go away.
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Posted: June 16 2014 at 9:46pm |
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When my clowns were much smaller one of them had a tendency to swallow air during feedings and looked like his stomach was always bulged out. As long as it doesnt appear to affect his ability to swim I wouldnt worry to much, try smaller feedings of things that dont float on the surface...
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 1:37am |
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Ok thanks, I'll skip feeding for a day or so and get some sinking pellets
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 6:04am |
 1stupidpunk wrote:
...try smaller feedings of things that don't float on the surface...
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What do you guys think would be the best food for a clownfish? What is their natural food on the reef? What food would be less likely to cause a blockage in the digestive tract? Swimming in circles or erratically is not a good sign. I agree that it would be good to stop feeding for a day or more. Fasting promotes good health. It allows the system to clear out and reset. Aloha
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 7:19am |
What is best for our fish and what is found naturally in their environment are not always the same thing. I have yet to see a reef with garlic oil or brine shrimp.
I like to feed my clowns a varied diet of brine shrimp, mysis, and various pods. My pair will also hang out over by the nori clip and wait for my tangs to tear off some peices for them to eat. I also feed them veggie crisps as a treat, they are a bit heavier than flakes and dont seem to give them the bloating that the flakes were.
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 8:58am |
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My long post didn't go through. Try feeding mashed peas. Text me for more info. 850.two2six.3three6six.
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 12:08pm |
 I seem to remember hearing long ago about Green Peas to deal with constipation/bloating but had forgotten all about it. Thankfully, I've never had to deal with it, so I did some quick research and found an article which seems pretty good. http://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_constipated_fish.phpIt's good info. Mahalo Nikki. I'm taking the rest of my comments, inspired by Geoff/1stupidpunk, back to the recent thread about better foods. http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68390 This is good discussion. Aloha
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 12:14pm |
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should i wait a day or two before i feed him mashed peas or should i try it today?
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 12:17pm |
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Let me try again.
Swimming in circles is BAD news. It's often a sign of an internal bacterial infection, which is hard to treat at the hobbyist level.
Swim bladder problems are rare in non-deep sea fish. They usually stem from internal bacterial infections...see above.
I wouldn't recommend trying to treat with antibiotics or puncturing the swim bladder at the novice level. Peas can help clear blockages, so let's just hope there's a blockage. I would stop feeding other foods for a couple days as well. Then, resume with sinking pellet food. Eventually go to a nice frozen mix that includes protein and veggies.
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 12:21pm |
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Try the peas ASAP.
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Posted: June 17 2014 at 12:40pm |
+1 ASAP. It's a blessing the fish has lasted this long. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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