Clownfish in Corner, Breathing Heavy

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So my clownfish is breathing heavy (like twice per second, is that normal?), and she seems to be hiding in the corner of the tank. I believe she slept there. Not sure if she is injured or sick, but she hasnt been near the torch coral that was stinging her a few weeks ago. The other clownfish is unaffected, in the place where the pair usually spend the day (a little cave I constructed for them) . There are plenty of microbubbles in the tank, salinity is in check at about 1.026.
If anyone knows about the fish breathing please help, I may just be paranoid. Any reason why she would be hiding in the bottom corner of the tank? If it were the male I could maybe understand that the female was bullying him, but my male is too small to do anything to the larger female XD
 
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Ok so the clown has moved back to her regular spot, but im still worried about the breathing. Is like 2 times per second a lot?
 

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What’s are your parameters ?
Is this the same clown from your other post
 

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Test your:
Ammonia
Nitrate
Ph
Salinity
Water temperature

any hazy /millkiness to its color?
Fins normal- no shredding?
 
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Test your:
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any hazy /millkiness to its color?
Fins normal- no shredding?
nope color is normal, shes swimming well, fins are good.
Nitrate: about 5
Nitrite: 0
pH= about 7.9, kinda low
Temp: 79F
SG: 1.027, just added freshwater
 

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nope color is normal, shes swimming well, fins are good.
Nitrate: about 5
Nitrite: 0
pH= about 7.9, kinda low
Temp: 79F
SG: 1.027, just added freshwater
Yup- gravity. Take it down in small increments to 1.024-1.025
 

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