Clownfish not doing well

[shmoosh]

Today it seems much better. It's much more active, swims to greet me when I approach the tank, still favors his overflow but he's swimming instead of just floating there.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Today it seems much better. It's much more active, swims to greet me when I approach the tank, still favors his overflow but he's swimming instead of just floating there.

Is it feeding well? If so, I'd just observe it for now, based on the apparent improvement.

 

[shmoosh]

Today it seems much better. It's much more active, swims to greet me when I approach the tank, still favors his overflow but he's swimming instead of just floating there.

Is it feeding well? If so, I'd just observe it for now, based on the apparent improvement.

Yes, it even picked up some food off of the sand bed which I haven't seen it do before.

 

[1captree]

What's your water temperature like? My clown acted weird like in your videos and stayed in the corner except to eat a little. Was like that for a few days. Turned out my heater went kaput and the water temp was like 66. When I noticed and replaced the heater, he went back to normal behavior. I also added an inkbird heater controller with notification alarm. Good luck with your little fella.

 

[Reef Jedi]

How long has the tank been running?

 

[shmoosh]

What's your water temperature like? My clown acted weird like in your videos and stayed in the corner except to eat a little. Was like that for a few days. Turned out my heater went kaput and the water temp was like 66. When I noticed and replaced the heater, he went back to normal behavior. I also added an inkbird heater controller with notification alarm. Good luck with your little fella.

I keep the temp set at 77F, it usually fluctuates from 76-78 throughout the day.

 

[shmoosh]

How long has the tank been running?

I set the tank up and cycled it around September of last year. I didn't put any fish in until March 17th. Before fish I occasionally dosed with ammonium chloride just to keep any nitrifying bacteria alive (I don't know if that's recommended or not).