Clownfish laying on bottom

[shimmer]

Seemed okay yesterday. Other fish are okay.

What should i do? I put him in QT. Should I go buy meds? What meds if so?

I did a freshwater dip while transporting him from DT to QT.

 

[shimmer]

Will post params in a min.

The dots in pics are just sand I'm pretty sure. They're no longer there once he moved around a bit.

 

[shimmer]

I still see one visible dot, so I'm unsure. The rest definitely came off.

 

[shimmer]

Very labored breathing. I feel very helpless.

 

[Troylee]

What made you move him to a qt tank? I think you’re really stressing him out to say the least.

 

[shimmer]

What made you move him to a qt tank? I think you’re really stressing him out to say the least.

He was on sandbed dead looking. Was afraid bigger fish or shrimp would see he was ill and go after him.

 

[Cell]

Need all the info you can share. Tank size, history, parameters. How long have you had this fish? When was the last livestock addition? Looks a bit thin to me in the top down pic, has it been eating?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Seemed okay yesterday. Other fish are okay.

What should i do? I put him in QT. Should I go buy meds? What meds if so?

I did a freshwater dip while transporting him from DT to QT.

The fish is a bit thin and appears to be moribund from a couple of the pictures
Is it breathing normal or rapid?
Eating?
ARE YOU ABLE TO POST A VIDEO of at least 20 seconds of fish?

 

[shimmer]

The fish is a bit thin and appears to be moribund from a couple of the pictures
Is it breathing normal or rapid?
Eating?
ARE YOU ABLE TO POST A VIDEO of at least 20 seconds of fish?

Theres a vid i just took. Cant really see in QT becauseof the bubbles.

 

[shimmer]

I did just notice he looks thin. He was definitely eating within the past four days. He was one of the first that learned to come to the autofeeder.

Tank is like a month old, but with live sand and rock from previous tank.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Theres a vid i just took. Cant really see in QT becauseof the bubbles.

This fish is breathing very rapid and may have been a victim of aggression from signs of pectoral fin bitten. Fish unfortunately does look moribund and will likely not eat or swim normal again. In this condition, not much I can recommend. You can add air stone and hope for the best

 

[shimmer]

Rapid breathing. He was added roughly a week ago. Tank is a 60 cube.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Rapid breathing. He was added roughly a week ago. Tank is a 60 cube.

New tank and likely low oxygen and possible chemistry swings.
How did you cycle this tank and for how long?
What is current ammonia level and how are you testing it?

 

[shimmer]

Alk-10.35
Cal-450
Mag-1380
Nitrate-3
Phos-.03
PH-8.2

 

[shimmer]

New tank and likely low oxygen and possible chemistry swings.
How did you cycle this tank and for how long?
What is current ammonia level and how are you testing it?

Dr tims, live rock and live sand. I don't remember explicitly for how long. Long enough for the spike and fall.

Ammonia is 0 or maybe at most .15. Using salifert. Hard to tell. It's a slightly cloudy clear.

 

[shimmer]

New tank and likely low oxygen and possible chemistry swings.
How did you cycle this tank and for how long?
What is current ammonia level and how are you testing it?

Doubtful low oxygen. Skimmer and decent water movement.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Doubtful low oxygen. Skimmer and decent water movement.

Were talking dissolved oxygen. Skimmer helps but dissolves organic matter which you likely dont have much and water movement distributes nutrients to coral and provides necessary flow and surface turnover. Air stone and good water quality contributes to dissolved oxygen. Your tank is new and Will experience this.

 

[shimmer]

Did put bubbler in just in case.

Another one died in a similar fashion morning before last.

I didn't think it was related. It was sitting in it's anemone doing fine, lights went out and the peppermint shrimp came out exploring and scared the anemone and it closed up very quickly and the fish shot out of it, faster than I've ever seen a fish move. Then it was laying on sandbed rapidly breathing. Thought maybe it accidentally got stung by anemone, was just super spooked, or maybe hurt something when it shot across the tank so fast. Left it in acclimation box overnight to protect it and it died in the morning. Still figured it was related to that incident.

Woke up yesterday and noticed one was acting really weird. As the day went on it started acting more and more like the other ones that died.

I'm familiar with ich and brook, but I seen nothing visible on the fish so don't think it's that one.

I did a freshwater dip and the fish that was almost dead last night is back to pretty much normal.

I'm thinking flukes. I couldnt tell if anything fell off the fish in the FW dip because I accidentally got some sand in the container.

I am now treating everything with prazipro.

Learned my lesson on not QTing fish. Never again. Hopefully the rest make it, it's been a lot.

 

[cdemoss01]

I wish you the best hopefully he can get better.

 

[shimmer]

I wish you the best hopefully he can get better.

That fish is still doing better. Two more have passed though.

The smallest ones are going, they're just not strong enough.

My best guess is still flukes.