Hi guys, I'm worried about one of my clownfish, he seems to be having trouble swimming and keeping himself upright. There seems to be some sort of color change or discoloration on one of his gills too. Not 100% sure what it is or whats causing it. I got him about a week ago and he's only started showing symptoms in the past 3-4 days. I have two ocellaris and two perculas including the one that's unwell, all the others seem fine.
I've read about swim bladder disease i thought it could be that, my other percula has been showing signs of aggression towards him so i wouldn't be surprised if it was stress related, or because of an injury from the fighting. The discoloration is very worrying tho.
I have been having nitrite problems so I'm dosing Seachem Prime to keep them at zero until my biological filter catches up again. I did a large water change about two weeks ago and i think it effected my bio filter so I've been dosing Bacter Start xlm at 5x the dose weekly. My aquarium is about 3 months old. I'm using a make shift lighting atm until i can afford to buy a Radion G5.
I've attached a video and a few pictures, i hope it helps.
Any help, ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Aquarium type: Reef
Aquarium volume 60 Gallons
Filter type: Refugium / Carbon filter
Temperature: 25.5 ° C
pH: 8.0
Salinity: 1.025
Free Ammonia 0.02 without Seachem prime
Nitrite 0 mg/l
Ntrate 0 mg/l
I've read about swim bladder disease i thought it could be that, my other percula has been showing signs of aggression towards him so i wouldn't be surprised if it was stress related, or because of an injury from the fighting. The discoloration is very worrying tho.
I have been having nitrite problems so I'm dosing Seachem Prime to keep them at zero until my biological filter catches up again. I did a large water change about two weeks ago and i think it effected my bio filter so I've been dosing Bacter Start xlm at 5x the dose weekly. My aquarium is about 3 months old. I'm using a make shift lighting atm until i can afford to buy a Radion G5.
I've attached a video and a few pictures, i hope it helps.
Any help, ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Aquarium type: Reef
Aquarium volume 60 Gallons
Filter type: Refugium / Carbon filter
Temperature: 25.5 ° C
pH: 8.0
Salinity: 1.025
Free Ammonia 0.02 without Seachem prime
Nitrite 0 mg/l
Ntrate 0 mg/l