I just brought home two Mocha Ocellaris Clownfish on Sunday and have them in a 10 gallon tank with air stone, heater, and a 4" pvc tee.
One seems to be doing alright. The other one is breathing heavily and appears to be struggling to stay upright every once in a while. He is hanging out mainly on the bottom of the tank.
I made the water with freshly mixed Red Sea coral pro salt. I have a Seachem ammonia alert in he tank that is still yellow.
They have not yet eaten. The salesperson at the store sold me spectrum 1mm pellets. When I called tonight I was told they have been eating omega nutrition flakes.
I plan on getting some of those tomorrow after work to try to get them to eat. Using an API test kit it looks like the water is right around 7.8 pH. This is lower than I would expect. I opened a window near the tank to try to get some fresh air into the water.
Temperature is hovering right around 78 degrees.
What can I do to help his poor little guy? I have prazipro on hand, which I was going to use later in TTM.
I'm thinking I do a 30ish% water change tonight and see how he is doing in the morning? I wasn't planning on doing my first transfer until I got home from work tomorrow.
This is my first foray into saltwater fish. Am I overreacting? Could he just be stressed? Is this common during TTM?
I don't see any signs of obvious disease.
I can grab a video if it would be helpful.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
-Ryan
One seems to be doing alright. The other one is breathing heavily and appears to be struggling to stay upright every once in a while. He is hanging out mainly on the bottom of the tank.
I made the water with freshly mixed Red Sea coral pro salt. I have a Seachem ammonia alert in he tank that is still yellow.
They have not yet eaten. The salesperson at the store sold me spectrum 1mm pellets. When I called tonight I was told they have been eating omega nutrition flakes.
I plan on getting some of those tomorrow after work to try to get them to eat. Using an API test kit it looks like the water is right around 7.8 pH. This is lower than I would expect. I opened a window near the tank to try to get some fresh air into the water.
Temperature is hovering right around 78 degrees.
What can I do to help his poor little guy? I have prazipro on hand, which I was going to use later in TTM.
I'm thinking I do a 30ish% water change tonight and see how he is doing in the morning? I wasn't planning on doing my first transfer until I got home from work tomorrow.
This is my first foray into saltwater fish. Am I overreacting? Could he just be stressed? Is this common during TTM?
I don't see any signs of obvious disease.
I can grab a video if it would be helpful.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
-Ryan