TingeOfGinge
New Member
Hi all,
Unfortunately, one of my orange storm clownfish is looking pretty bad. This weekend, he was looking a little sluggish and wasn't near his clownfish buddy like usual. I just attributed it to clownfish things, as the pair kinda liked to orient themselves funny ways. I wasn't home yesterday, but I came home from work today, and he was mostly drifting around upside down and dropping to the sandbed occasionally. I know he probably won't make it, but I want to give him a chance.
I went out and bought a quick and dirty 10 gallon QT setup from my LFS, as well as some Seachem Cupramine at the owner's best guess of a recommendation.
Background:
Got this fish as a pair about a month ago during a 4th of July sale. The tank itself has been setup since June. See my build thread for more info on the tank. He and his buddy are both juveniles, maybe about 3/4th of an inch long. They usually hang out together, but nip at each other or fight sometimes. He is the smaller of the two by a small margin. They frequent the top-left corner of my tank and are often swimming up and down the glass, swimming in one place against the current, or brushing up against the side of the HOB.
All-important parameters:
Nothing looks out of wack. Numbers are as follows (all Salifert):
Nitrate: ~15ppm
Phosphate: ~0.15ppm (Nyos)
Alk: 9.9dKH
Salinity: 1.026sg
Calcium: 375ppm
Current symptoms:
Floating upside down. Breathing about 2 times per second. While upside down, does not move at all other than breathing. Has quick spurts of movement where he swims somewhat normally, though still tending to be upside down. Nothing odd on his skin that I can tell. Skin looks clean and there doesn't appear to be a film or anything. No damage to fins. Not bloated (if anything, a little skinny). Doesn't seem to be eating, but also doesn't move all that much, so getting food may be a challenge. I added some brine shrimp to the tank in case he's hungry. Tank mates (another clown and a firefish) aren't showing any symptoms and corals and inverts seem happy
I guess my question is: is there anything else I should be doing? I have another clown, as well as a firefish, in the main tank, but I don't know if I should try to preemptively treat one or both of them. The firefish looks 100% okay, and the clown looks fine. Though like I said, both of the clowns have a history of not swimming around much and floating near the surface or up against things.
Thanks and I'll try to answer any questions the best I can!
Unfortunately, one of my orange storm clownfish is looking pretty bad. This weekend, he was looking a little sluggish and wasn't near his clownfish buddy like usual. I just attributed it to clownfish things, as the pair kinda liked to orient themselves funny ways. I wasn't home yesterday, but I came home from work today, and he was mostly drifting around upside down and dropping to the sandbed occasionally. I know he probably won't make it, but I want to give him a chance.
I went out and bought a quick and dirty 10 gallon QT setup from my LFS, as well as some Seachem Cupramine at the owner's best guess of a recommendation.
Background:
Got this fish as a pair about a month ago during a 4th of July sale. The tank itself has been setup since June. See my build thread for more info on the tank. He and his buddy are both juveniles, maybe about 3/4th of an inch long. They usually hang out together, but nip at each other or fight sometimes. He is the smaller of the two by a small margin. They frequent the top-left corner of my tank and are often swimming up and down the glass, swimming in one place against the current, or brushing up against the side of the HOB.
All-important parameters:
Nothing looks out of wack. Numbers are as follows (all Salifert):
Nitrate: ~15ppm
Phosphate: ~0.15ppm (Nyos)
Alk: 9.9dKH
Salinity: 1.026sg
Calcium: 375ppm
Current symptoms:
Floating upside down. Breathing about 2 times per second. While upside down, does not move at all other than breathing. Has quick spurts of movement where he swims somewhat normally, though still tending to be upside down. Nothing odd on his skin that I can tell. Skin looks clean and there doesn't appear to be a film or anything. No damage to fins. Not bloated (if anything, a little skinny). Doesn't seem to be eating, but also doesn't move all that much, so getting food may be a challenge. I added some brine shrimp to the tank in case he's hungry. Tank mates (another clown and a firefish) aren't showing any symptoms and corals and inverts seem happy
I guess my question is: is there anything else I should be doing? I have another clown, as well as a firefish, in the main tank, but I don't know if I should try to preemptively treat one or both of them. The firefish looks 100% okay, and the clown looks fine. Though like I said, both of the clowns have a history of not swimming around much and floating near the surface or up against things.
Thanks and I'll try to answer any questions the best I can!
