Is this normal behaviour for a new clownfish?

[BelieveInBlue]

So the black clown seems to have mostly recovered. It's now swimming in the water column in the middle of the tank, and is occasionally swimming with the orange clown. I'll try to feed it some mysis later tonight and see if it'll eat. Fingers crossed.

 

[BelieveInBlue]

Well I just fed them. The black one ate like a pig, probably because he hadnt eaten anything in like 4 days. Wish the orange one was as greedy as him...

I still have no idea what was wrong with him, and I really don't think the freshwater dip accomplished anything, but we'll never know I guess. Oh well. Here's to hoping it was just a one time thing.

 

[BelieveInBlue]

Alright final update on the clowns:

Fed them some flake and pellet foods today and both ate, though the black one was a lot more greedy, which is good, I suppose?

The black clown is still breathing fast, but not fast enough to be of concern. He's also not gasping for breath like he was.

I think (hope) it's safe to say that whatever was going on has passed and they're going to be alright. *phew*

 

[Rmckoy]

I cycled the tank from 1.0ppm ammonia down to zero, and from research it seems most fish/corals/inverts wouldn't produce anywhere close to that amount of ammonia per day even combined.



What about corals? I was always under the impression that they're much more sensitive to ammonia than fish, or am I wrong there too?


Good idea. I will do that just in case.

Whether fish produce ammonia or not. .
Is the system mature enough to process ammonia to nitrates ?
Being only 2 weeks old it might have cycled but I don’t think it’s strong enough to process the new additions along with a death

what corals did you get ?
chances are, they might fade away .....

 

[BelieveInBlue]

Yes there's definitely enough bacteria established to fully process all ammonia produced. I tested the water this morning before the water change: ammonia at zero and nitrates hovering around 5. I'm also still dosing Microbacter7 just in case; it's probably not necessary, but I have some left over from the cycle and it expires 6 months after opening, so I might as well.