marine clown ich \whitespot in marine?

Question

i have a common clown in my saltwater and i am a bit worried there is something wrong with him when the lights are on he swims in one place just hovering about not swimming around when the light are of he swims around for a while then either goes to the top of the tank and stays in one place or to the bottom of the tank and stays in one place i have not seen him eat much either ,at the moment we are treating for white spot but the clown was doing this befor we also have 4 yellow tangs in a queen angle a blemie and cleaner shrimp also a rasp blue and black the tank is 2 mnths old and all levels are at zero water is a touch cloudy but otherwise all good would it be benifical to get an uv steralizer in such a new set up

Answer 1

How large is this tank? I hope you realize the tangs will get around 8 inches (20 cm) each and are very active, so they need plenty of swimming room. The queen angel will get to 17 inches (43 cm) and should have a 150 gallon (500+ liter) tank.

Did you get a second source to test your water for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate to confirm your results? It sounds to me that your problem may be in having too many fish in the tank too early before you have enough bacteria to process their wastes. The cloudiness would be the result of the bacteria to do this multiplying. Unless you used plenty of live rock/live sand, I doubt that your tank would support that many fish yet.

Do you provide enough hiding spots in the tank for all your fish? The clown may be getting picked on by the others, especially if he's not well.

UV units are good for the prevention of algae and some types of bacterial/fungal infections because it will affect small spores and organisms passing through the unit, but for attached algaes and larger organisms/parasites, it won't completely eliminate these. I find these work best when what you're tageting is small and free-floating in the water. For larger microorganisms and those that can attach or control their movements UV is less effective. The units are also somewhat expensive and the bulbs must be replaced at least one a year to be effective. My personal preference is to start with healthy fish, and put the money toward a small quarantine/hospital tank to make sure any fish added later don't spread infections to those already in the tank.

Answer 2

if he eats he should be fine as far as the ick goings but for the not swimming part mine did the same thing untill i bought a simmialr clown and now they swim together all over the tank

Answer 3

it could be swim bladder diesease you can treat this with some anti-biotics but the success rate is slim this really won't kill your fish but it's kinda sad. A uv sterilizer would be a good option this ywoud almost eliminate the chance of bacterial and parasedic infections

Answer 4

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