Hello!
I recently moved across the country, and I took my 2 clown fish, hammer coral, and GSP with me. I have had the clowns for about a year-and-a-half, and the corals for ~6-8 months. I put them in a 5 gallon bucket filled with ~3.5 gallons of water and drove in the car for about 3-4 days. They were in the bucket for about as much time. In the bucket with them, I added the filter sponge from their tank, and a filter sock filled with Matrix. I could not bring my DT with me, so I brought my 13.5 QT tank with the intention of keeping them in there for a few weeks until I could go back and pick up my DT. With the mix of the move, I also am missing some of my main components (I somehow have half of my Red Sea reef testing equipment, but only for Calcium and Alkalinity. I know, I should have brought everything, I legitimately thought I did until now). They have been in this tank for about 5 days now. My light broke in the move, so I bought a Fluval Nano marine light. I also lost the magnet for my Sicce powerhead, so it was chilling on the bottom of the tank for the past few days. Water level was low because the replacements for my RODI came in today, and I am prepping for a water change now.
I noticed my female clown (orange) did not look like she was eating much earlier. I did not think much of it earlier, but I just watched the tank for a good few minutes and realized she is acting abnormal. She is swimming erratically, sometimes still on the bottom of the tank, and sometimes weakly swimming around the PVC pipe. It looks like she is breathing rapidly as well. The male clown seems normal and ate earlier today as well. She has always had the missing part of her dorsal fin. I also noticed she has some white discoloration on her head above her mouth. As I write this, she is just swimming very weakly in place in the corner of the PVC. This is the only tank I have right now, as it is my QT. I can go pick up testing equipment tomorrow, I just assumed it was ammonia poisoning. The symptoms also make me think this could be a parasite that was dormant for a while that resurfaced with the stress of the move, but seems kind of a long time to surface since she seemed normal and eating until today. Any help/suggestions are much appreciated.
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Her weird behavior is more at the end, and as she comes through the PVC, you can kind of see her discoloration a little bit.
I recently moved across the country, and I took my 2 clown fish, hammer coral, and GSP with me. I have had the clowns for about a year-and-a-half, and the corals for ~6-8 months. I put them in a 5 gallon bucket filled with ~3.5 gallons of water and drove in the car for about 3-4 days. They were in the bucket for about as much time. In the bucket with them, I added the filter sponge from their tank, and a filter sock filled with Matrix. I could not bring my DT with me, so I brought my 13.5 QT tank with the intention of keeping them in there for a few weeks until I could go back and pick up my DT. With the mix of the move, I also am missing some of my main components (I somehow have half of my Red Sea reef testing equipment, but only for Calcium and Alkalinity. I know, I should have brought everything, I legitimately thought I did until now). They have been in this tank for about 5 days now. My light broke in the move, so I bought a Fluval Nano marine light. I also lost the magnet for my Sicce powerhead, so it was chilling on the bottom of the tank for the past few days. Water level was low because the replacements for my RODI came in today, and I am prepping for a water change now.
I noticed my female clown (orange) did not look like she was eating much earlier. I did not think much of it earlier, but I just watched the tank for a good few minutes and realized she is acting abnormal. She is swimming erratically, sometimes still on the bottom of the tank, and sometimes weakly swimming around the PVC pipe. It looks like she is breathing rapidly as well. The male clown seems normal and ate earlier today as well. She has always had the missing part of her dorsal fin. I also noticed she has some white discoloration on her head above her mouth. As I write this, she is just swimming very weakly in place in the corner of the PVC. This is the only tank I have right now, as it is my QT. I can go pick up testing equipment tomorrow, I just assumed it was ammonia poisoning. The symptoms also make me think this could be a parasite that was dormant for a while that resurfaced with the stress of the move, but seems kind of a long time to surface since she seemed normal and eating until today. Any help/suggestions are much appreciated.
Video Link:
Her weird behavior is more at the end, and as she comes through the PVC, you can kind of see her discoloration a little bit.