Clown fish help please

[Mike jones]

So I got a small clown fish and he lived about 3-4 weeks and died of a heater burn but he always stayed in the top corners and never really swam out in the open or towards the live rock and I got a new one yesterday and he's doing the same staying in the top corners

 

[Mrc8858]

Have you cycled the tank and what are your water parameters?

 

[Mike jones]

It cycled and my salinity is at 1.022and there's a green puffer that's doing great I'm there

 

[Mrc8858]

What are your parameters?

 

[Mike jones]

My nitrite and nitrate idk At the moment but my ammonia is 0.00

 

[Race37]

How did you acclimate and what is your heater set at. Could also be too low of flow in the tank, I have heard that not enough service agitation will make the oxygen in the water to low (long shot)

 

[Lyndav29]

Hi I am also worried about my clown fish. Had him for six week and now he is swimming around in circles. Not spinning like whirling disease but swimming around about a 4 inch circle quite eraticlly
I have a 35 litre marine biube and change 2o% of the water every week

 

[WickedXb]

Flow is good to have. But clowns are goofy anyway so it hard to tell. Does e gasp for air?

 

[Lyndav29]

Thank you for your reply. Found out it had clownfish disease. Purchased some medicine but my clown died last night. Just treating the tank now. It is caused by stress. I feel everything was done right apart from me purchasing two yellow tail damsels and introducing them. They are so aggressive to the clowns. If I could get them out of my tank I would. I've been told I can take them back. But it seems impossible to catch them Lynda

 

[WickedXb]

Yeah damsels are the worst. Hardy but nasty. U might be able to construct a trap. Try google or YouTube.

 

[Lyndav29]

Thank you. Took your advise and looked on you tube. Lol a bottle cut in half ....what a great idea. I'll be trying that one ?

 

[Lyndav29]

Sent a picture of damsel trap

 

[willbratz]

Sent a picture of damsel trap

Great idea. I have 2 yellow tails and they could care less about my clown or what he's doing. My whole tank are damsels except for an engineer goby and a blue regal tang.

 

[BelleMorte]

My clown and my damsel take turns playing chase. They have never been aggressive to each other nor did they get aggressive towards my firefish

 

[Elude82]

I had a skunk clown that stayed at the top, but I think it was more of a him feeling safe there. My damsels never mess with any of my clowns except maybe a brief chase here and there. I have 3 other clowns, a true percula, false oscellaris, an a mocha. None of which go to the top, except for feeding.