WaterPond
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pH- 8.1
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-5
SG- 1.024
20gallon tank
24lbs of live rock and base rock
4 lbs live rock rubble
130w CF lighting
Aragonate Sand
aquaclear 70 HOB fuge
aquaclear 70 powerhead
I think i may be just paranoid, but i want to make sure.
I got my first ever saltwater fish yesterday, a little ocellaris clownfish. He was in the bag for about 2 hours, and i acclimated him for almost five hours. When i added him to my tank the SG was the same in the acclimation tank and the tank i put him in. When transporting the bag i kept him in a styro container and the temperature stayed stable.
I am asking this because i have never really had the chance to observe a clownfish's regular behavior. I think i had too much flow for him to fight so i turned down the powerhead and the filter to the lowest flow rate they could go. He still seems to hang near the top and in corners.
In the acclimation tank he wasn't looking too good, when i added him to the tank he immediately was so perky and swimming in and around the rocks.
This morning he was the same way, but just kindof gradually moved towards the top of the tank. He is not gasping for air or anything. He just swims about an inch below the water. Sometimes he swims down, and comes back up, he doesn't stuggle or anything like he is trying to fight gravity. He will swim down, then swim back up.
I hope i have described him bovements well enough
His fins are not clenched or anything.
Can someone please either tell me i am too paranoid or, if something is wrong, can someone please help me. Im a little upset over this. :?
Addition**
A video to aid in diagnosis
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l117/WaterPond/?action=view¤t=31fa0be5.flv
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-5
SG- 1.024
20gallon tank
24lbs of live rock and base rock
4 lbs live rock rubble
130w CF lighting
Aragonate Sand
aquaclear 70 HOB fuge
aquaclear 70 powerhead
I think i may be just paranoid, but i want to make sure.
I got my first ever saltwater fish yesterday, a little ocellaris clownfish. He was in the bag for about 2 hours, and i acclimated him for almost five hours. When i added him to my tank the SG was the same in the acclimation tank and the tank i put him in. When transporting the bag i kept him in a styro container and the temperature stayed stable.
I am asking this because i have never really had the chance to observe a clownfish's regular behavior. I think i had too much flow for him to fight so i turned down the powerhead and the filter to the lowest flow rate they could go. He still seems to hang near the top and in corners.
In the acclimation tank he wasn't looking too good, when i added him to the tank he immediately was so perky and swimming in and around the rocks.
This morning he was the same way, but just kindof gradually moved towards the top of the tank. He is not gasping for air or anything. He just swims about an inch below the water. Sometimes he swims down, and comes back up, he doesn't stuggle or anything like he is trying to fight gravity. He will swim down, then swim back up.
I hope i have described him bovements well enough
His fins are not clenched or anything.
Can someone please either tell me i am too paranoid or, if something is wrong, can someone please help me. Im a little upset over this. :?
Addition**
A video to aid in diagnosis
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l117/WaterPond/?action=view¤t=31fa0be5.flv