Clownfish heavy breathing

[TuxUrchin07]

My clownfish is breathing heavily and not eating. What should I do?

 

[ChaosAquaculture]

Hi, do you have a picture of the clownfish? When was the last time he ate?

 

[TuxUrchin07]

Hi, do you have a picture of the clownfish? When was the last time he ate?

Last time was 2 days ago. I didn't really think anything of it because there were no marks or any signs of disease but today I noticed heavy breathing

 

[ChaosAquaculture]

A picture in white light would help determine if he has lost color if you can take one, has he developed ay marks that you have seen now? Or is heavy breathing and not eating his only problems?

 

[TuxUrchin07]

I tried white light and it's no different from the other healthy not fast breathing eating well clown. And I see no markings either. I think those 2 are the only issues

 

[ClownWrangler]

Last time was 2 days ago. I didn't really think anything of it because there were no marks or any signs of disease but today I noticed heavy breathing

I just lost a clownfish that was healthy for a year beforehand. It was showing fluke symptoms, but i could not find flukes and it did not respond to Prazipro or CP, so it wasn't ich or velvet either. I think it might have been a nitrate spike that damaged its gills. The other fish from the tank are perfectly fine a month later. Clownfish are hit or miss when it comes to high nitrates, some don't even notice and others get irreversible gill damage. It wouldn't hurt to put it in a clean QT and treat it with Prazipro either way. Gill flukes are not always visible.

 

[TuxUrchin07]

I tried white light and it's no different from the other healthy not fast breathing eating well clown. And I see no markings either.

I just lost a clownfish that was healthy for a year beforehand. It was showing fluke symptoms, but i could not find flukes and it did not respond to Prazipro or CP, so it wasn't ich or velvet either. I think it might have been a nitrate spike that damaged its gills. The other fish from the tank are perfectly fine a month later. Clownfish are hit or miss when it comes to high nitrates, some don't even notice and others get irreversible gill damage. It wouldn't hurt to put it in a clean QT and treat it with Prazipro either way. Gill flukes are not always visible.

Maybe it was because of a nitrate spike? I had my nitrate go up to 100 like 2 months and a half before because I dosed nitrate because my results were faulty. Maybe that's the reason?

 

[ClownWrangler]

I tried white light and it's no different from the other healthy not fast breathing eating well clown. And I see no markings either.

Maybe it was because of a nitrate spike? I had my nitrate go up to 100 like 2 months and a half before because I dosed nitrate because my results were faulty. Maybe that's the reason?

Could be. Like I said. Mine was showing symptoms like this and I hadn't added anything to the tank in like 6 moths, so its the only thing i could think of. My nitrates only got to maybe 80ppm.

 

[ClownWrangler]

Could be. Like I said. Mine was showing symptoms like this and I hadn't added anything to the tank in like 6 moths, so its the only thing i could think of. My nitrates only got to maybe 80ppm.

What do you mean by "dosed nitrate"? The only thing to do for high nitrates is a large water change

 

[TuxUrchin07]

Could be. Like I said. Mine was showing symptoms like this and I hadn't added anything to the tank in like 6 moths, so its the only thing i could think of. My nitrates only got to maybe 80ppm.

Hmm... I don't have a qt. Any suggestions on what to do?

 

[TuxUrchin07]

What do you mean by "dosed nitrate"? The only thing to do for high nitrates is a large water change

Because I thought my nitrates were 5 so I dosed nitrate. It was just a super low range and I didn't know. I was trying to get it to 10...

 

[ClownWrangler]

How recently? Is this a coral tank? I've never heard of dosing nitrates in a tank with fish. 5ppm is good. High nitrates are bad, low nitrates are not. I would do a large water change if you dosed nitrates. Don't ever dose nitrates to a tank with fish. This sort of thing is only for reef tanks that don't have fish and only if there are no readable nitrates. Even then few people do it.

 

[TuxUrchin07]

How recently? Is this a coral tank? I've never heard of dosing nitrates in a tank with fish. 5ppm is good. High nitrates are bad, low nitrates are not. I would do a large water change if you dosed nitrates. Don't ever dose nitrates to a tank with fish. This sort of thing is only for reef tanks that don't have fish and only if there are no readable nitrates. Even then few people do it.

Oh yeah it's a Reef tank. It was 2 and a half months ago

 

[jmichaelh7]

Isolate and run prazi with increased oxygen maybe air stone

 

[TuxUrchin07]

Isolate and run prazi with increased oxygen maybe air stone

Should I use a bucket? I don't have a qt

 

[jmichaelh7]

You don’t have someone that has a small 10 gallon tank from petsmart

Should I use a bucket? I don't have a qt

 

[TuxUrchin07]

You don’t have someone that has a small 10 gallon tank from petsmart

No I don’t

 

[jmichaelh7]

I’ve heard of prazi in display just stop carbon and skimmer

 

[jmichaelh7]

Increase aeration as prazi depletes oxygen

 

[jmichaelh7]

Oh yeah it's a Reef tank. It was 2 and a half months ago

I dose nitrates in my display ???