Clownfish acting weird

[Jblaine]

Today I came home and noticed one of my clownfish breathing heavy and staying vertical in the corner. It was eating and acting fine yesterday. Any ideas? It’s not eating currently.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Today I came home and noticed one of my clownfish breathing heavy and staying vertical in the corner. It was eating and acting fine yesterday. Any ideas? It’s not eating currently.

This fish seems to be struggling slightly with buoyancy and not seeing anything that jumps out in the form of parasitical, etc heavy breathing may be in part from gill irritation such as flukes

 

[Jblaine]

This fish seems to be struggling slightly with buoyancy and not seeing anything that jumps out in the form of parasitical, etc heavy breathing may be in part from gill irritation such as flukes

Should I try a freshwater dip or should I wait it out? Not sure if it would stress the fish out to much.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Should I try a freshwater dip or should I wait it out? Not sure if it would stress the fish out to much.

I am always reluctant to give any given fish a freshwater bath that is breathing heavily as it also imposed stress on the fish temporarily