Clownfish possibly sick

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Hello everyone my name is Jasmine and I’m new to the saltwater aquarium world. I have this clownfish who I’ve had since October and he just started behaving strangely. He swims around but tends to spend a long time towards the bottom of the tank sometimes almost gasping for a breath. I saw him do this early today he laid on his side next to some decorations and didn’t move much at all then started gasping for air. He’s active and fine right now. But I’ve noticed he’s losing his color and the other clownfish (black and white) I have has been trying to play with him but he’s not really playing back. He’s finding places to hide instead. Now the black and white one did have some issues with white poop but I used a treatment that seemed to work (her poop is now back to a normal color.) My water parameters all are good and in range so I’m not sure what it could be. Here are some pictures of both of them now. If anyone has any ideas on what is wrong with him or how I could do to help I’d greatly appreciate it. I don’t want my fish baby to die

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Potential for parasitical infection, likely ick.
Lying down, lathargic, breathing labored....may indicate parasite is in the gills making it harder to breath.

Hows he act when fed?
 
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Potential for parasitical infection, likely ick.
Lying down, lathargic, breathing labored....may indicate parasite is in the gills making it harder to breath.
I don’t think it’s ick only cause my chromis had ick and I treated the whole tank for it but I’ll keep an eye and see if it gets worse but if it is a parasitical infection what could I use to treat it? Thank you for your input.
 
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I don’t think it’s ick only cause my chromis had ick and I treated the whole tank for it but I’ll keep an eye and see if it gets worse but if it is a parasitical infection what could I use to treat it? Thank you for your input.
Potential for parasitical infection, likely ick.
Lying down, lathargic, breathing labored....may indicate parasite is in the gills making it harder to breath.

Hows he act when fed?
He eats fine. Gets excited and goes straight for the food
 

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