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Defuse
01/13/2012, 04:00 PM
One of my clowns has her mouth about half way open all day today. She tries to eat but food just falls out of her mouth. I really have no idea what could be wrong or what to do to help her. Here are a couple pics if it helps.


I am going to make them links since they are so big.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d122/Samewow/IMG_8140.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d122/Samewow/IMG_8141.jpg

Sk8r
01/13/2012, 04:08 PM
Injury followed by bacterial infection and swelling, would be my guess. A broad spectrum antibiotic administered in quarantine.
On cure, reintroduce slowly, via net: a clown can be stung to death by their own anemone if the slime coat is removed by treatment.

Defuse
01/13/2012, 06:31 PM
Injury followed by bacterial infection and swelling, would be my guess. A broad spectrum antibiotic administered in quarantine.
On cure, reintroduce slowly, via net: a clown can be stung to death by their own anemone if the slime coat is removed by treatment.

I setup a 10 gallon tank with a HOB mechanical filter with a sponge and biomedia. Dosed the tank with Seachem NeoPlex

http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/NeoPlex.html

The guy at the LFS said that perhaps she had something lodged in her mouth or some type of gill damage in which case there wasn't anything I could do. I didn't really agree with that since she is trying to eat just unable to "get it down the hatch"