My Maroon Clown Is Sick

[Billan]

For the last 3 days my maroon clown has been hiding in a small cave in my tank. The cave is formed by a piece of live rock elevated above the sand. The maroon clown was acting fine until the anemone decided he was going to move around and went into this little cave. The maroon clown followed it in there. Since then the anemone came out and attached to a rock nearby. The maroon clown stayed in the cave and never came out. He is not eating anymore and is breathing very fast and deep. I can look at him when my MH lights are on because some light gets into the hole. I also viewed him with a flash light. There is no marking on him at all. No spots, the fins look great, color looks good as far as I can tell. Any help on what to do now? Do I wait and see what happens, or do I try to get him out and give something like a fresh water dip? Thanks for any Info!

 

[naesco]

If you have checked your water and everything is OK I would put an airline with a diffuser in the corner of the tank away from any sponge just in case you have a low oxygen problem in your tank.
If there are no spots or coatings there is no necessity for a fresh water dip.
Sometimes when there are changes in a tank or a fish we get excited and then stress out the fish.(like flashlights) Leave her alone for a while with the lights out and give her a treat near where she is hiding and see (from a distance) if she is eating. IF so everything is all right.
Good Luck