clown crazy

[Leslie.pelezo]

My ocleanus clown seems to have lost his mind. It has been doing flips all morning. It was normal when we went to bed. My daughter got bored counting at 435. He will stop for a few seconds and run into the walls and rock as if he is dizzy. He ate shrimp last night, but nothing this morning. He is going ...
Is this normal or will he spin himself to death???

I have a 72bwfrt - 2 clowns, a green damsel, 40 lbs live rock and 2 crabs

 

[Leslie.pelezo]

He died. now the second is begining to turn around and around.

 

[quarryshark]

How long were they in the system? Did you qt them?
If not you may want to consider a qt tank.
are there any marks or spots in the fish? Are they eating?

 

[Bearfan]

What are your water test results?

 

[Bearfan]

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[steve-s]

It's either a bladder problem or bacterial infection. Where either fish jostled alot or hurt when netted at the LFS? Any sign of discoloration or outward trauma?

Either way, you should QT the remaining clown and treat with Metronidazole or possibley Pipzine. Wouldn't be a bad idea to feed it some mysis with slightly softened mashed peas as well.

Cheers
Steve