My clownfish is acting weird

[bonzesreeftank]

I got two clownfish in my tank for about a month then I added a shrimp to clean some algae and it seemed to be doing good until one of them began staying up in the top corner near the power head and stopped eating then it died and the other one was fine until he began doing the same thing. He won’t leave the power head, has stopped eating and is panting heavily. What could be happening?

 

[Stephen8169301]

#fishmedic

 

[Marksmen_09]

Panting heavily? Have you checked your ammonia levels? Kinda sounds like it's gasping for oxygen.

 

[bonzesreeftank]

Panting heavily? Have you checked your ammonia levels? Kinda sounds like it's gasping for oxygen.

My ammonia is at 0

 

[Marksmen_09]

My ammonia is at 0

Ok, can you post all you parameters?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Heavy breathing typically indicates a gill disease such as velvet or flukes.
It is nearly impossible to tell with the heavy blue photos though - please post pics and a video under white light.

 

[nereefpat]

I would have said the one clown killed the other, but now the other one is doing the same thing.
Flukes or velvet are my guesses too.

 

[bonzesreeftank]

Heavy breathing typically indicates a gill disease such as velvet or flukes.
It is nearly impossible to tell with the heavy blue photos though - please post pics and a video under white light.

 

[bonzesreeftank]

Ok, can you post all you parameters?

Ph - 8 Salinity - 1.020 nitrates - 5 ppm Nitrites - 0 ppm

 

[Sharkbait19]

It’s hard to make out a breathing rate in the video other than that it is elevated.
Given the death of the first, I would move into a qt and treat for velvet as a precaution.
All fish should be held in copper for 30 days (2.5 ppm for copper power or coppersafe, 0.5 ppm for cupramine) and the tank should remain fishless for 60 days.