Is he sick?

[Wwidener]

So I just picked up a 3" Maroon clown from someone with a very dirty tank. It was too aggressive for them. The tank has an aiptasia problem but no other diseases.

I get him home in a qt with brand new everything and he is very sluggish, not his aggressive sepf and hanging out in a top, back, corner, vertical (head up). He's barely swimming and floating right beneath the surface.

No signs of disease on him. Other than not eating, he looks completely healthy.

Thoughts? Stress? Thanks.

 

[Sniperhank]

Could be lots of things. Are there powerheads in there moving water around? Could be a co2 issue. How was it acclimated?

 

[Wwidener]

It was set in the water for several hours.

 

[54seaweed]

Could be the sudden change of water quality . how long did you drip acclimate
going from dirty to clean water to fast was a big shock for the poor guy
thinking about it living in a dirty tank not knowing what toxins were present could be the reason he was so aggressive . hope you can bring him back to good health .

 

[Wwidener]

Actually, I didn't acclimate to water quality, only temp. But that makes sense... I noticed that he was a little more active this afternoon, hopefully I saved the guy.