Fish swimming on sides

[dmh41532]

This morning, I noticed my flame angels and oscellaris clowns swimming on their sides. The puffer( a blue spotted puffer) seems just fine, swimming like normal. Ammonia, nitrite are zero, and nitrate is about 5ppm. The skimmer was full and going crazy skimming. Do they ever release toxins into the water? I have water mixing so will do a water change later this afternoon when it’s ready

 

[Crabs McJones]

Can you share a picture of the fish in question with us? I'll move this over to the fish disease forum to get some expert eyes on it for you

 

[Evan28395950]

This morning, I noticed my flame angels and oscellaris clowns swimming on their sides. The puffer( a blue spotted puffer) seems just fine, swimming like normal. Ammonia, nitrite are zero, and nitrate is about 5ppm. The skimmer was full and going crazy skimming. Do they ever release toxins into the water? I have water mixing so will do a water change later this afternoon when it’s ready

I don’t have a flame angel (although I love them lol), but I have two clown fish. When the lights are off they usually swim in a corner at the top of the tank on their sides. Did you happen to see this during lights off?

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

This morning, I noticed my flame angels and oscellaris clowns swimming on their sides. The puffer( a blue spotted puffer) seems just fine, swimming like normal. Ammonia, nitrite are zero, and nitrate is about 5ppm. The skimmer was full and going crazy skimming. Do they ever release toxins into the water? I have water mixing so will do a water change later this afternoon when it’s ready

I think a puffer may only release toxins upon death (not 100% sure though) but do you have any new additions to the tank? Anything changed?

 

[dmh41532]

I’ve been trying to get a picture up all day but we are having internet issues. The fish seem to be better after a water change, but the water is cloudy. So I’m going to keep an eye on all the fish and do a few more water changes

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Cloudy water could be a bacteria bloom that could deplete the water of oxygen. Do you have something breaking the surface of the water?

 

[dmh41532]

Yeah, I think it is bacterial. It’s a white cloudy not green. I have the power heads pointing at the surface.