Clowns Struggling

[saltysailor]

I just got home and my fish look like they are struggling. Just stuck in a corner and one one that’s not swimming as much is just hanging out on the floor and has been for a while. Should I be concerned.

 

[j.falk]

Are they breathing heavy/rapidly? Stopped eating? If not, they are probably fine.

 

[fishguy242]

hi ,sorry video does not play for me,start with more oxygen "surface movement" as a blind help

 

[saltysailor]

Are they breathing heavy/rapidly? Stopped eating? If not, they are probably fine.

If you look in the video the guy looks like he is breathing pretty hard. I just got them a couple days ago and they are small so I assume fragile. First marine fish so idk much about what to do

 

[Idoc]

I can't get the download to run.

Are they showing any outward signs of discoloration? Are they feeding?

 

[j.falk]

Video is not working.

 

[saltysailor]

Got more air in the system swimming around much better!

 

[saltysailor]

Just checked on him now and he’s worse than ever. Laying on his side and tucked underneath the rock. Is that normal behavior?

 

[Difrano]

How old is your tank? Ammonia? Parameters? Equipment? Clowns are weird if your parameters are OK they may be doing clowns things, Also a video or pictures will help.

 

[saltysailor]

Tank is a month old. Ammonia 0 nitrates 0 nitrate 5ppm. 25 lagoon 2 return pumps and one mp10. Alk: 9.7 phos: 0.01 calcium: 500

 

[saltysailor]

Top one seems to be doing ok but bottom one is struggling kept just staying on the ground and slowly floating up and then now at night laying sideways on the ground and breathing hard. Gills are going.

 

[DaddyFish]

Tank is a month old. Ammonia 0 nitrates 0 nitrate 5ppm. 25 lagoon 2 return pumps and one mp10. Alk: 9.7 phos: 0.01 calcium: 500

I can't get the video to play, encoder unknown.
That's my biggest concern. Did you QT these clowns or are they in this brand new tank as "cycle fish"?
What's the salinity?
Have they both been eating?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Typical reaction is always to check ammonia and nitrate, then perform water change and increase oxygen.
Do the clowns have any film or mucus on their body?
Are using RO water or tap wster from the faucet ?

 

[JaykS]

Top one seems to be doing ok but bottom one is struggling kept just staying on the ground and slowly floating up and then now at night laying sideways on the ground and breathing hard. Gills are going.

Try a spoon full of peanut butter for the hiccups, trust me it works amazing. As for the clown. I could see a white spot on the on near the bottom of the tank. I would assume ich, if you can set up a qt tank and treat with copper, thats probably your best bet. While treating I would go fallow.

 

[saltysailor]

The tank has been cycled before adding the fish but they are the first thing in there. Was thinking it could act as qt if anything is wrong with them. I don’t see any white dots that indicate ich I think that’s just a dot. Salinity 1.025. No mucus and RODI water.

 

[JaykS]

The tank has been cycled before adding the fish but they are the first thing in there. Was thinking it could act as qt if anything is wrong with them. I don’t see any white dots that indicate ich I think that’s just a dot. Salinity 1.025. No mucus and RODI water.

Ich is in the gills before it will show on the body, as for treating your dt as a qt, I would not dose copper with rock in the tank if you are planning to add coral or copper sensitive fish. The rocks can and may leach the copper and release it later on

 

[saltysailor]

Gotcha I will move them over. How can I tell if it has ich if there are no dots?

 

[DaddyFish]

The tank has been cycled before adding the fish but they are the first thing in there. Was thinking it could act as qt if anything is wrong with them. I don’t see any white dots that indicate ich I think that’s just a dot. Salinity 1.025. No mucus and RODI water.

If one clown is doing okay now, but the other is not. I would QT the sick one NOW somehow, some way, no matter what. Even if you have to put it in a 5-gal bucket with an airstone running.

 

[saltysailor]

One is doing great which is confusing because they have been in the same system their whole lives

 

[Difrano]

Top one seems to be doing ok but bottom one is struggling kept just staying on the ground and slowly floating up and then now at night laying sideways on the ground and breathing hard. Gills are going.

Watched the video, and to me looks like clowns doing clowns thing, they take sometime to adapt to new environment, plus its lights out time Nd they might be finding a spot to rest. The heavy breathing not always is a sign of illness it could be strees from the new tank. Don't overreact and let them settle, overreaction kills more fish than actual illness in this hobby.