Clownfish laying on ground breathing heavily

[BRCREEF]

My male clownfish is laying on the ground breathing heavily, I don’t know what to do

 

[Sharkbait19]

How long has it been like this? How are the other fish acting? How new is the fish and was it quarantined?
Would you be able to post a video (linked through YouTube) to view its respiration rate?

 

[vetteguy53081]

My male clownfish is laying on the ground breathing heavily, I don’t know what to do

Can be water related or mucus but need something better to work with as for pic.
Please post a you tube video under bright white lighting of at least 20 seconds for best assessment

 

[BRCREEF]

I’m having trouble uploading the video

 

[BRCREEF]

It won’t let me share or paste link

 

[BRCREEF]

How long has it been like this? How are the other fish acting? How new is the fish and was it quarantined?
Would you be able to post a video (linked through YouTube) to view its respiration rate?

I wasn’t able to post the video but he’s been like this for 2 hours and 30 minutes his breathing is 135 breaths per minute with some gasping breaths he’s laying on the ground flapping his fins, I’ve had him for a month now and did not quarantine him, I have a female which is his pair doing good and swimming and a diamond goby and royal gramma all swimming, it’s just him.

 

[BRCREEF]

Can be water related or mucus but need something better to work with as for pic.
Please post a you tube video under bright white lighting of at least 20 seconds for best assessment

I wasn’t able to post the video but he’s been like this for 2 hours and 30 minutes his breathing is 135 breaths per minute with some gasping breaths he’s laying on the ground flapping his fins, I’ve had him for a month now and did not quarantine him, I have a female which is his pair doing good and swimming and a diamond goby and royal gramma all swimming, it’s just him.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Are there any splits in his fins? Any noticeable aggression from the female?

 

[BRCREEF]

How long has it been like this? How are the other fish acting? How new is the fish and was it quarantined?
Would you be able to post a video (linked through YouTube) to view its respiration rate?

Ph is 7.8 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 5 salinity 1.025

 

[BRCREEF]

Are there any splits in his fins? Any noticeable aggression from the female?

Yes on his tail and back fin

 

[BRCREEF]

Are there any splits in his fins? Any noticeable aggression from the female?

Now that I’m looking at him half of his back fin is gone

 

[BRCREEF]

Now that I’m looking at him half of his back fin is gone

Never mind that’s how it’s back fin is

 

[Sharkbait19]

I would suspect aggression, but since there’s no damage to the fish it’s hard to say.
Have you tried isolating it and seeing if it starts moving around?

 

[BRCREEF]

Never mind that’s how it’s back fin is

I have it in a specimen container but it’s still just laying there

 

[BRCREEF]

I would suspect aggression, but since there’s no damage to the fish it’s hard to say.
Have you tried isolating it and seeing if it starts moving around?

When I found him in the sand bed I tried grabbing him with a net then it started swimming weird straight in one direction then swam in circles before it went back to the sand bed.

 

[Sharkbait19]

How is flow and aeration?
Breathing at the rate it is would indicate something wrong with respiration, either environmental or disease.
I don’t think velvet, as it isn’t really displaying any of the other symptoms - mainly swimming into flow (but without a video I can’t say for sure).

 

[BRCREEF]

How is flow and aeration?
Breathing at the rate it is would indicate something wrong with respiration, either environmental or disease.
I don’t think velvet, as it isn’t really displaying any of the other symptoms - mainly swimming into flow (but without a video I can’t say for sure).

I have pretty good flow lots of surface agitation, can you go to the YouTube app and type in on search brc sick clownfish and see if my video shows up?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Found it:

Unfortunately, best I can tell the fish looks moribund. The bites in the tail can be from aggression from the female, but by the point of death there is usually a lot more damage.
Let me tag @Jay Hemdal and see if he sees anything I’m missing.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I'm worried that both clowns have an issue, but just that this one is much worse. In the video - I saw the smaller clown go skittering by, but it looks unwell also.

Rapid breathing, in tanks where the water checks out o.k. is usually due to a gill disease. The most common gill disease are protozoans.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Now that I’m looking at him half of his back fin is gone

Looks normal and image is a tad fuzzy