HELP!! CLOWNFISH BREATHING HEAVY

[PeterB113]

Hey guys so one of my Ocellaris clowfish that I've had for over a year isn't doing to well. I've noticed that he's stopped eating and has been breathing very rapidly. I noticed this yesterday and it's continuing today. I've also been monitoring his "skin" to see if I see white dots indicative of ice, brook, velvet etc and I don't see anything. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you guys. I will also post a video in the next hour waiting for my gf to send me a video.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Are there any corals in the tank? I noticed a few times my clownfish was breathing heavy and I thought it was dying too, turns out the torch coral it hosts in stung it near its gills. It went away in a few days, but once it got so bad I had to put the clowns in a breeder box because I feared she would keep going back to the torch (which she was doing)

 

[PeterB113]

Are there any corals in the tank? I noticed a few times my clownfish was breathing heavy and I thought it was dying too, turns out the torch coral it hosts in stung it near its gills. It went away in a few days, but once it got so bad I had to put the clowns in a breeder box because I feared she would keep going back to the torch (which she was doing)

My tank is packed with corals....

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Very impressive! Much nicer than my 20g if I'm being honest XD
Does the clownfish host in any of the corals?

 

[PeterB113]

Video of my clown

 

[PeterB113]

Very impressive! Much nicer than my 20g if I'm being honest XD
Does the clownfish host in any of the corals?

He's hosting in one of my trachyphyllias

 

[Dark_Knightt]

I have heard of cases of trachys stinging clowns, I would probably just move it to a different part of the tank for a few days to see if the clown gets better. Or maybe QT the fish.

 

[PeterB113]

Yea but I don't think getting stung by a trachy would make him stop eating

I have heard of cases of trachys stinging clowns, I would probably just move it to a different part of the tank for a few days to see if the clown gets better. Or maybe QT the fish.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Yea but I don't think getting stung by a trachy would make him stop eating

Mine did. Didn't eat for an entire week (when my clown got stung).
But I would try and quarantine just in case because it could definitely be something else as well.