Clown laying on sandbed, breathing rapidly, and not eating after switching tanks. Stress?

[rennjidk]

The clowns both ate today, which is an improvement, but they are both still breathing quickly. What is normal respiration for clowns?

 

[brandon429]

Post short video so Jay can see opercular rates

 

[Jay Hemdal]

The clowns both ate today, which is an improvement, but they are both still breathing quickly. What is normal respiration for clowns?

The actual rate can vary due to fish size and water temperature, but rates above about 100 beats per minute are suspect, and 150 is definitely an issue.
Change in the rate is an indication of a problem - going from 80 to 120 for example.
Getting a count can be tough - counting from a timed video helps.
Jay

 

[rennjidk]

The actual rate can vary due to fish size and water temperature, but rates above about 100 beats per minute are suspect, and 150 is definitely an issue.
Change in the rate is an indication of a problem - going from 80 to 120 for example.
Getting a count can be tough - counting from a timed video helps.
Jay

They appear to have recovered and are breathing normally again. They're much more active today and exploring the new tank.

here's the newest video

 

[Jay Hemdal]

They appear to have recovered and are breathing normally again. They're much more active today and exploring the new tank.

here's the newest video

They look much improved. I’m still struggling to follow the timeline - this happened when you moved the fish and THEN stirred the old tank sand bed? Seems to me the fish were isolated if that was the case - but still could be some unidentified issue in the holding tank.
Jay

 

[rennjidk]

They look much improved. I’m still struggling to follow the timeline - this happened when you moved the fish and THEN stirred the old tank sand bed? Seems to me the fish were isolated if that was the case - but still could be some unidentified issue in the holding tank.
Jay

I removed the rock and sand from the old tank. I then netted the live stock. The clowns went into the qt, and the other stock went to my lfs. The clowns stayed in the qt for around 48 hours and were then placed in the now dt.

Edit: the qt tank is a Rubbermaid tote which I keep dry in between uses. Sometimes I use copperpower and prazipro in it. I just dump the water and let it dry. I also add media from my dt in front of a return pump for filtration when I qt, then it gets discarded.