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Maroon Clown Swimming Weird...PLEASE HELP!
My 3 in marron clown of about 2 or 3 weeks, all of a sudden just starts swimming upside down and vertically, he was literally fine this morning i was watching the tank and it just started happening what is wrong???
please help Last edited by tqhot; 07/15/2003 at 09:52 AM. |
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Now my anemone has shrunken up...is there some kind of connection with this???
I haev put the clown in a specieman container thingy withthe slots/holes for circulation with in the tank |
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Can you check your water and post pH, salinity, ammonia and nitrite readings. Something is not right in the tank, probably. You are stressing the clown in that container. I would let him swim around. Does he have any spots or bruises?
Also, what do you have for circulation? Is there enough oxygen in the tank? |
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I am in the process of testing everthing, i suppose there is not much that can be down until we have these readings...he now occasionally sinks to the bottomand lays there and then swims around again a little, i have an ehiem pump with the return poing at the surface and also an extra powerhead which when the fish can swim he head towards it
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OK well sadly i must report that it seems that it has died there seems to be now movment from it on the bottom of the tank...it all happened so quickly in a matter of hrs, i would like to figure out what happened if possible i will post all test results when i have them, any help that can be offered will greatly appreciated
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pH a little low @ 7.8
Ammonia @ 0 mg/l Nitrate @ about 15 mg/l Nitrite @ 0.2 mg/l Salinity @ 1.026 Temp @ 80 F Am I to assume that I need to do a water change I just performed one 4-5 days ago. All levels in the tank had been fine at that time. |
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Yes, you need to perform large water change, your nitrites are high. Keep an eye on pH levels and keep adjusting it, if needed.
I am surprised the clown died so fast after being in your tank for 2 weeks. Could it be some kind of environmental poisoning? Windex, pest control, well water? What water did you use for your last water change? |
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I usefd RO/DI unit it has only been being used for the past 2 months everything should be ok with that. I did add a new anemone last night, but nothing else in the tank is effected everythign else looks same as always
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