Clownfish not eating staying in corner.

mia2175 · 06/19/2018, 09:15 AM

Ok so this is day 3 my clown is not interested in food. It just hovers in the back corner of my tank breathing heavy. It once in awhile will go up and hover one of the rocks, and goes to its normal sleeping area at night (behind the filter) but then right back to the corner. It has been in the tank about a month no issues til now. Only change is I moved the powerheads to create more surface agitation. Could that be the cause? If it is should I move them back or give it time to get use to it? Interestingly enough yesterday during my water change it was out swimming around while pumps and lights were off.

60 gal tank temp 77.8, specific gravity 1. 025 Amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20 ppm

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Sacohen · 06/19/2018, 04:00 PM

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Ok so this is day 3 my clown is not interested in food. It just hovers in the back corner of my tank breathing heavy. It once in awhile will go up and hover one of the rocks, and goes to its normal sleeping area at night (behind the filter) but then right back to the corner. It has been in the tank about a month no issues til now. Only change is I moved the powerheads to create more surface agitation. Could that be the cause? If it is should I move them back or give it time to get use to it? Interestingly enough yesterday during my water change it was out swimming around while pumps and lights were off.

60 gal tank temp 77.8, specific gravity 1. 025 Amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20 ppm

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It could be stress.
What are you feeding him/her?

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mia2175 · 06/19/2018, 05:10 PM

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It could be stress.
What are you feeding him/her?

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Rod's frozen fish food.

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Sacohen · 06/19/2018, 06:19 PM

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Rod's frozen fish food.

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Hmm, I would think they would eat that.
Their scales look good?

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mia2175 · 06/19/2018, 06:22 PM

Yes physically look fine

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Hmm, I would think they would eat that.
Their scales look good?

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Kegel · 06/19/2018, 09:45 PM

Try brine shrimp. Isn’t rods larger chunks?

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lagatbezan · 06/19/2018, 10:41 PM

was it eating fine and all of the sudden stopped? Has there been anything new added to the tank? Any other symptoms like flashing (rubbing against objects), head shaking, cloudy eyes or yawning?
I would move the powerhead to its original position and see if it helps.

mia2175 · 06/19/2018, 10:57 PM

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was it eating fine and all of the sudden stopped? Has there been anything new added to the tank? Any other symptoms like flashing (rubbing against objects), head shaking, cloudy eyes or yawning?
I would move the powerhead to its original position and see if it helps.

When I turn power to tank off he comes out and seems normal although still doesn't eat. I thought maybe the lights i turned jyst them off and he came out but I left them out and he went back to corner

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Sacohen · 06/20/2018, 05:55 AM

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When I turn power to tank off he comes out and seems normal although still doesn't eat. I thought maybe the lights i turned jyst them off and he came out but I left them out and he went back to corner

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Could it be stray voltage?

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mia2175 · 06/21/2018, 08:32 AM

Yesterday I replaced the powerheads to their original position and he came out of the corner, went under a rick and stayed there all day. This morning he is back in the corner. At any rate going to move him to qt tank today. The problem is other than not eating he has no other symptoms so I dont know what to treat him for.

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tthouston · 06/21/2018, 10:12 AM

I believe the water current flow makes him stress. Just experiment by sets your Wavemaker pumps at the lowest speed and face them opposite on the top of the surface. The clownfish doesn't like strong current flow.

06/19/2018, 09:15 AM	#1
mia2175 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 16	Clownfish not eating staying in corner. Ok so this is day 3 my clown is not interested in food. It just hovers in the back corner of my tank breathing heavy. It once in awhile will go up and hover one of the rocks, and goes to its normal sleeping area at night (behind the filter) but then right back to the corner. It has been in the tank about a month no issues til now. Only change is I moved the powerheads to create more surface agitation. Could that be the cause? If it is should I move them back or give it time to get use to it? Interestingly enough yesterday during my water change it was out swimming around while pumps and lights were off. 60 gal tank temp 77.8, specific gravity 1. 025 Amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20 ppm Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

06/19/2018, 10:41 PM	#7
lagatbezan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,109	was it eating fine and all of the sudden stopped? Has there been anything new added to the tank? Any other symptoms like flashing (rubbing against objects), head shaking, cloudy eyes or yawning? I would move the powerhead to its original position and see if it helps. __________________ Ryan. 300g with velocity t4 for return and a Reflo dart on a closed loop, T5 lights & SRO3000 skimmer. Current Tank Info: 300g

06/19/2018, 09:45 PM	#6
Kegel Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 31	Try brine shrimp. Isn’t rods larger chunks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/21/2018, 08:32 AM	#10
mia2175 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 16	Yesterday I replaced the powerheads to their original position and he came out of the corner, went under a rick and stayed there all day. This morning he is back in the corner. At any rate going to move him to qt tank today. The problem is other than not eating he has no other symptoms so I dont know what to treat him for. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

06/21/2018, 10:12 AM	#11
tthouston Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 128	I believe the water current flow makes him stress. Just experiment by sets your Wavemaker pumps at the lowest speed and face them opposite on the top of the surface. The clownfish doesn't like strong current flow.