USMA36
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can anyone tell me what is going on with my OC clown? I believe she is the female if the couple. She has been spending a lot of time like this. Doesn’t seem to be breathing heavy and eats normally.
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#reefsquad @Humblefish possibly that's the spot they've chosen to call home. Doesnt appear to be in distress.
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Doesn't appear to be anything obviously wrong in the video, especially if it's not breathing heavy and eating. As @crabs_mcjones said, it may simply be the spot that it's using as a host. Clowns are weird.
Just to cover the basis, how long has it been in the tank? Any recent new additions? Any major changes, parameter spikes or anything unusual?
Just to cover the basis, how long has it been in the tank? Any recent new additions? Any major changes, parameter spikes or anything unusual?
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Been in the tank about a year. Only new addition is a medium sized RBTA that is in the opposite side of the tank. They haven’t shown any interest in that yet. But he rbta keeps moving every 2 days. Hasn’t found his forever home yet. Parameters are all stable. Everyone is healthy other than a missing long nose hawk but I believe he jumped and one of my dogs may have gotten him, but that’s another story.
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Sound like normal clown behavior then. Just keep an eye on it for a while. It and the new RBTA are probably just deciding on where to call home. No guarantee the clown will eventually choose the RBTA as a host either, but hopefully it will. The relationship is pretty cool.
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It looks to be normal to me as well. Like stated, just keep a close eye on it. You can always add vitamins to their food to help boost their immune systems.... that's always a good idea.
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What would it mean if it was breathing heavy and not eating?
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Breathing heavily usually indicated something in the gills causing the fish to have trouble breathing. Usually this is caused by a parasite and the fluid build up in the gills that parasites cause. You can usually help the fish a bit by flushing out the gills with a freshwater dip. That should buy some time till you can figure out what is causing the issue.
Are the fins clamped as well?
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No the fins were fine on it but breathing hard and it would only swim around when the lights were out. The other had no issues what so ever. The next morning I got up for work 5AM checked everything in the tank all was good. When the wife got up a few hrs later both fish were dead. I had done my testing that night before and all parameters were good. So I was just wondering about the breathing.
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