Hi everyone - just now I noticed one of my clownfish breathing heavily on the bottom of the tank. See the video for more info.
This is an established tank - up and running for over a year - with 8 other fish thriving, including the other clown (who you can see in the video). No signs of disease or stress on any other fish. The clowns are not new - they've been in for ~8 months.
The impacted clown was definitely eating yesterday and may have even been eating this morning. I just noticed this recently and work out of the same room my tank is in so believe I would have noticed this if the clown was in distress as recently as this morning.
Aside from some damage to his tail, I don't see any other visual symptoms of disease. I did add some new coral yesterday (I did dip it) but that's the only thing that has changed with the tank recently.
Would appreciate any insight folks have on what might be going on - is the fish injured? sick? Any advice on what I should do? It seems like a freshwater dip may be called for?
Thanks in advance!
This is an established tank - up and running for over a year - with 8 other fish thriving, including the other clown (who you can see in the video). No signs of disease or stress on any other fish. The clowns are not new - they've been in for ~8 months.
The impacted clown was definitely eating yesterday and may have even been eating this morning. I just noticed this recently and work out of the same room my tank is in so believe I would have noticed this if the clown was in distress as recently as this morning.
Aside from some damage to his tail, I don't see any other visual symptoms of disease. I did add some new coral yesterday (I did dip it) but that's the only thing that has changed with the tank recently.
Would appreciate any insight folks have on what might be going on - is the fish injured? sick? Any advice on what I should do? It seems like a freshwater dip may be called for?
Thanks in advance!