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08/28/2006, 03:11 AM
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Need Help Faaaaaaast
Hi, I awoke this morning to find one of my clowns with a hugely swollen belly and sitting on the sandbed........you guys got any ideas?
All help much appreciated
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08/28/2006, 04:10 AM
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What are your tanks paramaters? Hw long have you had the fish?
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08/28/2006, 04:40 AM
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Hi,
Params are:- pH = 8.3 Alk = 15dKH Cal = 470 Ammonia = 0 Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 10 Temp = 80f sg = 1.024 Fish have been in for 12 months, i got: 2 Ocellaris clown 1 Yellow Tang 1 Bi-color blenny
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08/28/2006, 05:46 AM
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Not sure if it would affect the fish, but the alk seems really high. I think proper alk would be about 8-12 dkh.
Have you noticed what the fishes poo looks like?
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08/28/2006, 06:18 AM
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no not noticed his poo ..........heres a couple of pics tho
  
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08/28/2006, 06:25 AM
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So its swimming around okay now? Is it the larger of the two clowns? Any chance its pregnant?
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08/28/2006, 06:45 AM
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y`know I`m virtually certain shes pregnant.......now swimming round a little hole in rock on sandbed and theres a queue of crabs and the coral banded shrimp waiting for the drop!!!
Didnt think they were mature enough....the male is tiny (1") and female not much bigger but far more rounded. What next?
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08/28/2006, 06:57 AM
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It is possible that the female is pregnant. I assume you ruled out a recent overfeeding or gorging. Just watch her. The pair will nip at the surrounding rocks and eventually, you will see her ovipositor drop, which looks like a little white tube.
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