Inflamed Gill on Clownfish, and new spot

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Howdy, so I added two clowns to my tank on Saturday. One is 100% fine though a bit of a bully

The other has more or less been in this spot, I’ve posted this a couple places and most people have told me it’s normal behavior BUT, his gill

In the video you can see his left gill is clearly inflamed, it’s been like this since Saturday before I put him in my tank. I didn’t notice at the store, I noticed once I was home and after he went in the tank.

It hasn’t gotten worse, and it’s just this one gill. Today I noticed on the white stripe on his head he has a couple spots that look… lighter? Than they did yesterday. Again, not sure if this is normal and not sure if this is a result of the other flown fighting him

I mainly just want to make sure he’s not sick and I shouldn’t be treating him or if his gill is fine

These are my first clowns and my first saltwater tank so I’m trying to take all the precautions

Parameters are all fine, someone did say it could be ammonia but my ammonia is testing fine. I’ve also been adding prime just to be safe
 

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Linking the other thread like I mentioned to keep the info together:
 

Making themselves at home: Have you intentionally done anything in your aquarium to enhance the natural behavior of your fish?

  • I planned my tank to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 26 28.0%
  • I did some things to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 31 33.3%
  • Anything that encourages natural fish behavior was a byproduct of the aquascaping.

    Votes: 16 17.2%
  • I did not do anything to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 17 18.3%
  • Other.

    Votes: 3 3.2%
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