Clownfish Dying?

kkgaskin90 · Jul 10, 2013

One of my clowns is in the bottom corner of my tank. She puts the bottom of her jaw down on the sand, sometimes lays in the sand, and sometimes lets herself pitch sideways a good bit. This is where they normally sleep and it's almost lights out time, so could she just be sleeping or is she struggling? She doesn't seem to be having trouble breathing or any color loss. Water parameters are as follows:

Specific Gravity: 1.024
Salinity: 32
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Calcium: 420
KH: 15 dKH
Phosphate: 0.25
Temperature: 79

All other fish seem fine. I'd hate for her to be suffering and not know it. I'd also hate to lose her (so would her mate, I'm sure!)-she's a premium picasso and my very favorite

peterthegamer · Jul 10, 2013

Get it in a different tank. Do a bit of research on what might be happening. Feed heavy meals with garlic. Pictures would be useful. See if anything else like white spots etc.

Liquid360 · Jul 10, 2013

I won't be popular for saying so but moving just stresses an already sick fish. Truth is if your fish is ill there's very little if anything you could do. Clowns are pretty tough fish though. I say give him/her time.

Mike J. · Jul 10, 2013

Is 15 dKH a misprint? That would not be good. Maybe a retest on your alkalinity is in order.

kkgaskin90 · Jul 10, 2013

15 dKH is not a misprint-It has been high the past few days-did a water change just now so new numbers are as follows:

Specific Gravity: 1.025
Salinity: 34
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
Calcium: 400
dKH: 13 dKH
Phosphate: 0.25
Temperature: 79

So Nitrate has gone up dKH down a tidge. She ate some of the garlic soaked food. Still just laying her face on the bottom but I can't find white spots or loss of color or anything. Keeping an eye on her.