Clownfish acting weird?! Help!

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Okay so I got these clown fish almost a month ago now (Nov 22nd) they have been in QT since the day I got them..(They are Juvies from the guy that breeds them)

I did not do TTM but did do 2 week observation.
Triple dose Prazipro
3day rest
Triple dose Prazipro
And they have been resting for about a week now..
Yesterday I noticed the one behaving rather strange...swimming all over the tank....separated from the other and not in the flower pot as usual....the other was acting rather lethargic but it was morning so decided to just check on them later....later they had paired up again but neither were in the flowerpot. But we're still eating...so I fed a bit extra.
Needless to say I stayed up way to late playing video games....checked on them before I was about to go to bed....
The black one was stuck up against the intake for the HOB filter.....and the other was swimming around like a mad man again....after looking closer I could see the one swimming asking like a mad man was kind of going pale in the face...and the one I dislodged from the filter was just swimming sideways at the top of the water......I kinda freaked out....swapped them into a new tank with 100% clean water....took salinity down from 1.025 - 1.020....changed air stones and Rinsed off flowerpot and heater...

The one that was swimming around like a mad man seems to be doing relatively okay just hanging out in the current but the one that was stuck to the filter keep like seizing and acting really skidding behind the flowerpot I got the best video I could.


Any advice or help is greatly appreciated!!!
 
What does "Triple dose Prazipro" mean exactly? Does that mean you dosed 3x the regular dosage (regular dosage = 1 teaspoon per 20 gallons)? If so, you may have very well damaged their central nervous system, or their liver or kidneys which has to filter everything...
 
Yeah I was told on another forum I am leaving due to miss information that some species of flukes require a triple dose of Prazipro....so I QT in a 5g and use about 3/4 of a tsp or 4ml....they seem to be fine now though both back in there pot an acting like clowns again.....I will be monitoring them very closely for the next little while.

I will check PH when I get home but since I did a 100% water change there should be no Nitrite, Nitrate or ammonia
 
So I totally found out what was happening.....don't buy $10 heaters off amazon....it had popped and must have been putting current into the water.....needless to say I am down a heater but better then my $140 clown fish!
 
So I totally found out what was happening.....don't buy $10 heaters off amazon....it had popped and must have been putting current into the water.....needless to say I am down a heater but better then my $140 clown fish!

That will certainly have your fish acting weird! Glad you caught it. Is he back to normal now?
 
Yeah they are both back to normal back in there flower pot eating as normal and spunky as ever....Jeeze what a scare.

Didn't catch it right away because I swapped that heater out to clean...they started acting weird again last night and changed water everything and they weren't snapping out of it....dosed prime....Nothing....left it for a couple hours and I live in a canada and this QT is in my Garage...so notice the temp drop to 67....check heater and had cracks and water in it....they got better as soon as i took it out....
 
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