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Hello all,
My longfin clownfish of 1.5 years has been acting odd for the past week. I first noticed that it was swimming alongside the tank side glass constantly with it's belly facing the glass. Later that day, it was floating at the top corner of the tank sideways. Trying to rule out a possible infection, I empirically treated the clownfish in a hospital tank with two rounds of general cure per the manufacturer instructions. Strangely, in the new tank it was not floating at the top at all. It was either swimming around or lying on the bottom glass. It was swimming somewhat normally in the tank but at times I did notice it bumping into the glass. I tried feeding it boiled, peeled peas to rule out constipation as an issue but it didn't seem to want to eat. After a few days of what I thought was improvement, I returned the fish back to the DT. It would return to swimming against the side glass in the middle of the tank but it would slowly return to the "floating on its side at the top of the tank" position later that day. Does anyone have any other ideas? There's no visible lesion/pest and no new fish/corals introduced in the past couple of months. Tank parameters are stable, no change. Other fish are all normal. It breaks my heart to see the other clownfish try to interact with the sick clownfish but it just gets ignored.
My longfin clownfish of 1.5 years has been acting odd for the past week. I first noticed that it was swimming alongside the tank side glass constantly with it's belly facing the glass. Later that day, it was floating at the top corner of the tank sideways. Trying to rule out a possible infection, I empirically treated the clownfish in a hospital tank with two rounds of general cure per the manufacturer instructions. Strangely, in the new tank it was not floating at the top at all. It was either swimming around or lying on the bottom glass. It was swimming somewhat normally in the tank but at times I did notice it bumping into the glass. I tried feeding it boiled, peeled peas to rule out constipation as an issue but it didn't seem to want to eat. After a few days of what I thought was improvement, I returned the fish back to the DT. It would return to swimming against the side glass in the middle of the tank but it would slowly return to the "floating on its side at the top of the tank" position later that day. Does anyone have any other ideas? There's no visible lesion/pest and no new fish/corals introduced in the past couple of months. Tank parameters are stable, no change. Other fish are all normal. It breaks my heart to see the other clownfish try to interact with the sick clownfish but it just gets ignored.