HELP! FISH ARE BARELY MOVING

[beehive124]

I woke up this morning to my fish being a little sleepy, didn’t think much of it. Came home at lunch to find my clowns very slowly swimming, royal gramma laying in the rock and my tailspot blenny breathing heavy. I’ll run tests this afternoon to get params. Tank is 3 years old. Running carbon and gfo. Corals and anemones are just fine. Added anemones 48 hours ago. Could that have something to do with it? Any ideas?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Were nems qt’ed? Parasites can hitchhike on inverts, though it is more rare than a fish.
Otherwise, how is oxygenation/surface agitation? Forget to plug anything in?

 

[Unitylover]

anemones dont make sense, but it might've carried velvet, as it has those symptoms. Maybe brook. have any pictures of the fish?

 

[SlugSnorter]

I woke up this morning to my fish being a little sleepy, didn’t think much of it. Came home at lunch to find my clowns very slowly swimming, royal gramma laying in the rock and my tailspot blenny breathing heavy. I’ll run tests this afternoon to get params. Tank is 3 years old. Running carbon and gfo. Corals and anemones are just fine. Added anemones 48 hours ago. Could that have something to do with it? Any ideas?

maybe brook. nems could have been in a system connected to one with fish in it. If all corals are fine its unlikely to be params. Get fish picks, and do a FW dip. Get a QT system up and running and pick up some copper if you have none on hand

 

[Unitylover]

we need pics and params, might be ammonia poisoning, nitrite, or something

 

[SlugSnorter]

we need pics and params, might be ammonia poisoning, nitrite, or something

very unlikely if all corals are fine. likely some disease

 

[Unitylover]

very unlikely if all corals are fine. likely some disease

yes, probably velvet, because they are already almost dead or in serious condition, maybe brook tho

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I woke up this morning to my fish being a little sleepy, didn’t think much of it. Came home at lunch to find my clowns very slowly swimming, royal gramma laying in the rock and my tailspot blenny breathing heavy. I’ll run tests this afternoon to get params. Tank is 3 years old. Running carbon and gfo. Corals and anemones are just fine. Added anemones 48 hours ago. Could that have something to do with it? Any ideas?

Anemones contain a LOT of water. If they came from a tank with sick fish, they can very easily have brought that in. However, 48 hours is pretty quick, even for velvet.
If the corals are good, it is unlikely to be a water quality issue, even less so if the tank also has shrimp in it.
Jay

 

[Sharkbait19]

maybe brook. nems could have been in a system connected to one with fish in it. If all corals are fine its unlikely to be params. Get fish picks, and do a FW dip. Get a QT system up and running and pick up some copper if you have none on hand

Formalin for brook

 

[Unitylover]

ruby rally for velvet, also works for brook if you cant get formalin

 

[beehive124]

Sorry guys I was on the road. I’m at a loss. No sign of external parasites. I got the nems from a friend whose tank is beautiful, no sign of disease. Now I’m sure parasites can live in a tank without hosting, but there were no signs of disease anywhere

 

[SlugSnorter]

ruby rally for velvet, also works for brook if you cant get formalin

rally has formalin in it

 

[Unitylover]

hmmm, can you get pictures of fish? we cant diagnose best treatment without pic

 

[Unitylover]

rally has formalin in it

huh

 

[beehive124]

Pic of royal gramma

 

[SlugSnorter]

Sorry guys I was on the road. I’m at a loss. No sign of external parasites. I got the nems from a friend whose tank is beautiful, no sign of disease. Now I’m sure parasites can live in a tank without hosting, but there were no signs of disease anywhere

No sign of disease doesn't mean no disease.

 

[SlugSnorter]

Pic of royal gramma

we need a clearer pick in white light

 

[beehive124]

I’m at school so I can’t get pics of clowns and tailspot is deep in a rock. The clowns look the best, just slightly lethargic

 

[Unitylover]

Pic of royal gramma

white light? use a flashlight maybe

 

[Unitylover]

I’m at school so I can’t get pics of clowns and tailspot is deep in a rock. The clowns look the best, just slightly lethargic

oh same