Clown Fish Spinning

[ReefingWithTheSavannahs]

We put two baby clown fish in our tank 8 months ago. Last night the small male was on top of the tank in a corner gasping for air. We moved him to a separate tank and he keeps spinning in counterclockwise circles and doesn’t seem to be eating. Everyone is giving us conflicting information if we should keep him in the main tank or have a separate tank. We tried putting him back in the main tank but in an aquarium breeder so he’s in there but separate from the female who is bullying. He is still spinning. Any thoughts/recommendations. We didn’t know if the spinning was due to an illness or just anxiety. We think we should just have a separate tank for the male, but not sure how to stop the spinning. And we need to get him to eat. Thank you!

 

[fishguy242]

hi ,lights out for now let him calm, try to feed in morning fins look to be intact

 

[Bioman]

hi ,lights out for now let him calm, try to feed in morning fins look to be intact

Sorry about your clown..I had 2 perculas but never experienced circling ,however I had my females eye turn white once for a couple of days
Before returning to normal.I guess it bumped it
during a water change but they are a tough species & should recover as they are resistant to
most diseases.Hope it does ok...

 

[ReefingWithTheSavannahs]

hi ,lights out for now let him calm, try to feed in morning fins look to be intact

thank you!

 

[ReefingWithTheSavannahs]

Hi everyone! Thanks for all of your help. Our clown has fully recovered now. We treated with an antibiotic for fish bladder and it seems much better! We received mixed reviews on returning it back to the tank. We ended up starting a second tank, so the clowns are now separate. We just introduced a purple fire fish to the tank with the female clown, and they have been doing well together. The male clown is now in the fully cycled tank and we are in the process of picking our fish to go with the male, thinking a Royal Gramma.