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Hello everyone,
I have a clown fish who for some reason stopped eating and tomorrow will be 3 days. This is what worries me more and what didn't realize until recently looks clear rapid breathing and a strange "yawning" motion which the clown will open its mouth wide every 15-20 seconds. The problem started after I added a stronger pump and replaced my old one. New pump is more powerful 24/V DC that uses less power and I'm near certain gives off less heat because of it. I used new tubing for the pump which is vinyl and Teflon tape/plumbers tape. To be safe before adding the pump to the tank I ran about 10 gallons of water through the pump and hose/none chlorinated.
The fish looks healthy in appearance but doesn't seem to moving as much and only stays laying in her anemone which is what she pretty much did 24/7 but now not leaving to come up for food. When I go to the tank the fish will come to the bottom of the glass and look me in the face as usually but breathing hard and go right back into the anemone. I've seen this clown fish stop eating after moving the rocks around for a day (which is normal for this fish when anything is disturbed) but never has the clown gone so long without food. The day before the fish was eating like a happy shark.
This is a C line Clown and 12 years old. My setup is a 75 gallon and 20 gallon sump. The fish is a bit hard to see but I don't believe the gills are inflamed at least not yet but I'm guessing they soon might be with that breathing... All corals seem fine. I seen a a star fish on the glass and baby snails out too. All water parameters are the same and haven't changed. No new fish or any corals or anything added in years. The flow has increased by about 40% but above where the fish is and not much where the fish stays at the bottom with her anemone. (Anemone is fully open and looks fine)
The steps I've taken
1. Make sure nothing had fallen into the tank. (1 metal clamp did break which I found but the broken piece fell behind the tank (I believe and not in the tank) I checked the best I can without removing everything in 2 out of 3 chambers also it would be small.
2. I added to 2 fresh bags of chemepure blue 11oz
3. added extra air this morning.
Please if anyone else could help or chime in because I'm not sure what else to do because I would think the sensitive invertebrates would be showing signs of illness or dying off but so far that is not the case. Any suggestions and how long should I wait before I really start to worry? (Well already worried.) Taking a photo of the fish wouldn't be easy.
Thank you for any and all help.
I have a clown fish who for some reason stopped eating and tomorrow will be 3 days. This is what worries me more and what didn't realize until recently looks clear rapid breathing and a strange "yawning" motion which the clown will open its mouth wide every 15-20 seconds. The problem started after I added a stronger pump and replaced my old one. New pump is more powerful 24/V DC that uses less power and I'm near certain gives off less heat because of it. I used new tubing for the pump which is vinyl and Teflon tape/plumbers tape. To be safe before adding the pump to the tank I ran about 10 gallons of water through the pump and hose/none chlorinated.
The fish looks healthy in appearance but doesn't seem to moving as much and only stays laying in her anemone which is what she pretty much did 24/7 but now not leaving to come up for food. When I go to the tank the fish will come to the bottom of the glass and look me in the face as usually but breathing hard and go right back into the anemone. I've seen this clown fish stop eating after moving the rocks around for a day (which is normal for this fish when anything is disturbed) but never has the clown gone so long without food. The day before the fish was eating like a happy shark.
This is a C line Clown and 12 years old. My setup is a 75 gallon and 20 gallon sump. The fish is a bit hard to see but I don't believe the gills are inflamed at least not yet but I'm guessing they soon might be with that breathing... All corals seem fine. I seen a a star fish on the glass and baby snails out too. All water parameters are the same and haven't changed. No new fish or any corals or anything added in years. The flow has increased by about 40% but above where the fish is and not much where the fish stays at the bottom with her anemone. (Anemone is fully open and looks fine)
The steps I've taken
1. Make sure nothing had fallen into the tank. (1 metal clamp did break which I found but the broken piece fell behind the tank (I believe and not in the tank) I checked the best I can without removing everything in 2 out of 3 chambers also it would be small.
2. I added to 2 fresh bags of chemepure blue 11oz
3. added extra air this morning.
Please if anyone else could help or chime in because I'm not sure what else to do because I would think the sensitive invertebrates would be showing signs of illness or dying off but so far that is not the case. Any suggestions and how long should I wait before I really start to worry? (Well already worried.) Taking a photo of the fish wouldn't be easy.
Thank you for any and all help.