Hi, I've had my first clownfish, two of them, for 3 weeks now. Nitro and Nissan.
I dosed prazi, metro, and have given both clowns melafix since getting them, as Nissan was injured from being housed with aggressive fish previously and I was nervous about parasites.
Nitro, the smaller clownfish has seemingly had some trouble swimming. I thought fish bladder problems maybe or a strong flow. I changed the flow of the water when he was displaying similar behavior in a different area of the tank and he seemed to perk up after doing that, I also removed some new decor I had added that I thought may have stressed him at that time.
Now he is back on the floor as of yesterday, so far just in this area of sand, and seems off but I'm not used to their behaviors yet so I don't know if this is something to worry about. The flow is pointed to aggravate the surface water, paired with an air stone, so I don't think it would be O2 problems… I did just swap the protein skimmer and heater for better rated ones. Could that be causing anything? Could it be stress from changes?
He's eating enthusiastically and swims around with the other fish occasionally. He also goes back to his sleep spot (in the base of the rock behind him) for bedtime. The fish have been twitching to each other but last night the other fish seemed to be pushing him away at their host spot before they finally settled for bed. She’s nipped at him and pushed him a bit before but I’ve never seen her chase him or any intense fighting. The larger clown has tattered fins from her previous living condition and so far I haven’t seen any on the male. He is spending a lot of time in this spot in the sand, the majority of the day. Though he does swim around occasionally and spend time swimming near his rock, which he is doing as I type this.. still I'm concerned.
I just noticed before posting he has some fin/or scale on his belly sticking out more than normal it looks like… in the last video I tried to get a good shot of it.
My water parameters:
ph- 8
salinity- 1.022
ammonia- 0
temp- 78 f / 25.5 c
nitrites- near 0
nitrates- 2-5ppm (API kit, hard to tell)
phosphate- .26 ppm
alkalinity- 13.3 ppm
I’m working on slowly fixing my levels that are out of range.
They also have some tankmates:
2 blue knuckle hermits
1 blue leg hermit
3 camel shrimp
2 emerald crabs
Here are the videos:
Behavior from yesterday
From today
https://vimeo.com/632356975
Tattered belly fin?
What can I do to help my fish?
Thank you for your time.
I dosed prazi, metro, and have given both clowns melafix since getting them, as Nissan was injured from being housed with aggressive fish previously and I was nervous about parasites.
Nitro, the smaller clownfish has seemingly had some trouble swimming. I thought fish bladder problems maybe or a strong flow. I changed the flow of the water when he was displaying similar behavior in a different area of the tank and he seemed to perk up after doing that, I also removed some new decor I had added that I thought may have stressed him at that time.
Now he is back on the floor as of yesterday, so far just in this area of sand, and seems off but I'm not used to their behaviors yet so I don't know if this is something to worry about. The flow is pointed to aggravate the surface water, paired with an air stone, so I don't think it would be O2 problems… I did just swap the protein skimmer and heater for better rated ones. Could that be causing anything? Could it be stress from changes?
He's eating enthusiastically and swims around with the other fish occasionally. He also goes back to his sleep spot (in the base of the rock behind him) for bedtime. The fish have been twitching to each other but last night the other fish seemed to be pushing him away at their host spot before they finally settled for bed. She’s nipped at him and pushed him a bit before but I’ve never seen her chase him or any intense fighting. The larger clown has tattered fins from her previous living condition and so far I haven’t seen any on the male. He is spending a lot of time in this spot in the sand, the majority of the day. Though he does swim around occasionally and spend time swimming near his rock, which he is doing as I type this.. still I'm concerned.
I just noticed before posting he has some fin/or scale on his belly sticking out more than normal it looks like… in the last video I tried to get a good shot of it.
My water parameters:
ph- 8
salinity- 1.022
ammonia- 0
temp- 78 f / 25.5 c
nitrites- near 0
nitrates- 2-5ppm (API kit, hard to tell)
phosphate- .26 ppm
alkalinity- 13.3 ppm
I’m working on slowly fixing my levels that are out of range.
They also have some tankmates:
2 blue knuckle hermits
1 blue leg hermit
3 camel shrimp
2 emerald crabs
Here are the videos:
Behavior from yesterday
From today
https://vimeo.com/632356975
Tattered belly fin?
What can I do to help my fish?
Thank you for your time.
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