clownfish not doing good

reret10 · 01/24/2013, 11:02 AM

Hi so a friend (jack123) of mine bought in a fish for the saltwater tank at my school. He brought in a firefish and a clownfish. I aclamated the fish for 25 minutes. When I relesed the fish the firefish went into a rock cave but the clownfish just sat and did nothing. Its just sitting on the bottum of the tank with its mouth closed andoccasionaly swimming about. When I looked in the tank. an hour after the acclamation i checked on the tank and the firefish was swimming around his cave but the clown was just sittin there clillin. I really dont know what it is>

reret10 · 01/24/2013, 12:41 PM

anyone???

VeL · 01/24/2013, 01:22 PM

Is the tank cycled? Have you checked the amonia/nitrite readings lately? What is your ph?

hollister · 01/24/2013, 09:46 PM

Could just be stress. With no tank info its just a guess. When you add new fish you should turn lights out for a few days to allow it to adjust.

reret10 · 01/25/2013, 11:50 AM

thanks hollister and VeL the nitrates are 0ppm and I dont know about the ammonia. this morning he was swimming around all nicly and he ate the food when i fed him so i think it was just new tank stress.

jack123 · 01/25/2013, 11:50 AM

Actually now he seems to be doing great. I believe it was probably a little shock being away from his anenome at my LFS or just being i slightly different water.

01/24/2013, 11:02 AM	#1
reret10 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 421	clownfish not doing good Hi so a friend (jack123) of mine bought in a fish for the saltwater tank at my school. He brought in a firefish and a clownfish. I aclamated the fish for 25 minutes. When I relesed the fish the firefish went into a rock cave but the clownfish just sat and did nothing. Its just sitting on the bottum of the tank with its mouth closed andoccasionaly swimming about. When I looked in the tank. an hour after the acclamation i checked on the tank and the firefish was swimming around his cave but the clown was just sittin there clillin. I really dont know what it is> __________________ Some people take things with a grain of salt, others take it with a half a cup per gallon.

01/24/2013, 12:41 PM	#2
reret10 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 421	anyone??? __________________ Some people take things with a grain of salt, others take it with a half a cup per gallon.

01/25/2013, 11:50 AM	#5
reret10 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 421	thanks hollister and VeL the nitrates are 0ppm and I dont know about the ammonia. this morning he was swimming around all nicly and he ate the food when i fed him so i think it was just new tank stress. __________________ Some people take things with a grain of salt, others take it with a half a cup per gallon.

01/24/2013, 01:22 PM	#3
VeL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Europe Posts: 72	Is the tank cycled? Have you checked the amonia/nitrite readings lately? What is your ph?

01/24/2013, 09:46 PM	#4
hollister Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,037	Could just be stress. With no tank info its just a guess. When you add new fish you should turn lights out for a few days to allow it to adjust.

01/25/2013, 11:50 AM	#6
jack123 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 35	Actually now he seems to be doing great. I believe it was probably a little shock being away from his anenome at my LFS or just being i slightly different water.