Normal or no?

singwithmylife · 2026-10-27T10:21:09-0400

OK, I might just be paranoid, but I want other opinions. I just finished moving all of my fish over to my display tank. They’ve been in a quarantine tank for the last month because we moved across town and I was getting their display tank, torn down and set back up again and cycled. My female clown has been acting a little bit weird since yesterday. At least I’m worried she’s acting weird. Clowns are weird in general.

the thing I’m worried about is it seems like her gills are going a little hard harder than usual and she she’s just been hanging out in that one spot. She did eat this morning. Am I crazy and if not, what’s wrong and how do I help her?

singwithmylife · 2026-10-27T10:23:01-0400

I keep trying to add a video, but it won’t let me.

saltwaterfish.com · 2026-10-27T10:27:08-0400

I was able to view the video with no issue. She does look a little stressed, it could just be from being in the new tank but I would double check your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels in case you had a spike. Moving everything over at once could have caused one if there wasn't enough nitrates available in the tank to keep up with the new bio load. I would do a partial water change to be on the safe side, and maybe throw in a little stress guard or activated carbon.

Uncle99 · 2026-10-27T10:50:49-0400

You just changed home.
I’d just let it settle out.

singwithmylife · 2026-10-27T10:56:36-0400

saltwaterfish.com said:
I was able to view the video with no issue. She does look a little stressed, it could just be from being in the new tank but I would double check your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels in case you had a spike. Moving everything over at once could have caused one if there wasn't enough nitrates available in the tank to keep up with the new bio load. I would do a partial water change to be on the safe side, and maybe throw in a little stress guard or activated carbon.

Thank you! I don’t know why it’s showing up as no video on my end. Glad that it actually shows up for other people! I checked and ammonia and nitrites are zero. Nitrates are around 25. I did add stress guard when I put them in, but I’ll do another dose. I am also running carbon.

saltwaterfish.com · 2026-10-27T11:10:17-0400

singwithmylife said:
Thank you! I don’t know why it’s showing up as no video on my end. Glad that it actually shows up for other people! I checked and ammonia and nitrites are zero. Nitrates are around 25. I did add stress guard when I put them in, but I’ll do another dose. I am also running carbon.

It's no problem, and if the parameters are all good then I would probably just let her settle and keep an eye on her for the next couple of days.