http://aquanic.org/publicat/state/il-in ... eatment%22
"Symptoms
Fish infected with Aeromonas hydrophila may have many different symptoms. These range from sudden death in otherwise healthy fish to lack of appetite, swimming abnormalities, pale gills, bloated appearance, and skin ulcerations. The skin ulcers may occur at any site on the fish and other are surrounded by a bright rim of red tissue. Other organs commonly affected with this disease include the gills, kidneys, liver, spleen, pancreas, and skeletal muscle. The symptoms vary since they are dependent upon a number of factors including the virulence of the organism, the resistance of the fish to infection, the presence or absence of bacteremia or septicemia, and stress factors associated with the fish. Because of the variability of these symptoms, the diagnosis of this disease based only upon symptoms is highly unreliable…"
So no, I can't really be sure. It could just be chemical poisoning as momfish said. Which really sucks, because...well it just does.
The temp is back up, the water level is lower and lots of splashing going on. The filter is still brown and yucky, but flowing better, and the larger clowns are breathing more normally. Hung a bag of ammo chips over the outflow, too. I'm leaving in all the plantlife. I have had this diatom type stuff before when I get into pruning back plants to try to maintain some open space, and I never made the connection. Thanks Joe. From now on overgrown tanks are good...but I will snip off the tops of those 4 foot long runners! Probably will end up with an even denser mess, but the tanks that have the most plantlife seem to stay the healthiest and are the easiest to maintain.
GOD! I feel really lousy about losing that clown.
