Helping Stressed Fish

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Hey everyone,
I’ve been keeping fish for about a year now and recently went to college and got a new tank for my dorm. I currently have 2 fancy clowns, a banggai cardinal, and a royal gramma in the tank, along with a couple snails and a crab. Last night I noticed some really major signs of stress, I tested my usual parameters of nitrites, nitrates, ammonia, ph and salinity but all seemed to be normal. I did a big water change just to be safe and turned out the lights. I just checked on it ~10 hours later and the fish seem mostly fine, but one of the clowns was still showing signs of stress. They’ve been in the tank for ~3 weeks now and the tanks been set up for almost 2 months. Anyone have advice for how I can help make sure they calm down?
 
Can you be more precise. What is it that makes you say the fish is stressed
 
The clown is breathing really quickly and has some discoloration towards the top of its body
 
Is it getting bullied by the other clown.
#fishmedic
See if you can do a video in white light or photos for the fishmeds
 
Pictures and a short video will help understand the situation better.
 

WHICH PART OF YOUR SETUP IS HARDEST TO REACH OR REMOVE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE?

  • Glass behind or beside the tank

    Votes: 10 24.4%
  • Powerheads or wavemakers

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  • Sump or rear filtration chambers

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  • Skimmer or other filtration equipment

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  • Overflow or plumbing

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  • Lights or lids

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