Hi everyone,
I just setup a new saltwater tank as per instruction form the fish store. We have tested the water and everything is great. It is a 20Gallon tank, with around 3 lbs of liverocks.
After around 5 weeks of running the system, we were told that it's ready to buy the fishes. So we picked up 2 percula clown, and a tiny blue leg crab.
The first day, they follow each other very well, very active. We were told not to feed them the first day, so we didn't. Here comes the second day and I have fed them a little of frozen brine shrimps, and the bigger one ate normally while the smaller one barely had any. If any, it would have been just a bite.
Since then, the smaller one has been hiding in the corner of the tank (bare open, not under the rock), not moving much and not eating either. It would swim right up to the food and turn around as if it's going to harm it. Meanwhile the other one is eating more and more each day, and swimming happily like before. The small one, however would start to swim when you trigger it somehow, and then goes back to the same spot. Often times, it points it's head downward and swim.
I brought some water sample to the store again to examine it, and turns out everything is still normal. I was advised to do a 10% water change and clean the filters, and with those being done just tonight, nothing has changed. The store told me they are not sure of what's happening either but that's the only thing they can advise me to do. During the middle of water change, when the 10% of the water was out, it got out of the corner the whole time. Right after the water change, it goes right back into the corner (different corner).
Having that said, being a aquarium newbe, I am very hopeless. I am really hoping it's because of the environment change, but I have a strong feeling that it's not. There's no visible change on the body of the clown, and they are not fighting either. Up until this point, the bigger clown still swims around the smaller one, acts like as if she's protecting him.
I should also add that it seems like the little clown is breathing through his mouth.
I need some help from you experts before it dies (It's been around 4 days)
Million thanks!
Chris
I just setup a new saltwater tank as per instruction form the fish store. We have tested the water and everything is great. It is a 20Gallon tank, with around 3 lbs of liverocks.
After around 5 weeks of running the system, we were told that it's ready to buy the fishes. So we picked up 2 percula clown, and a tiny blue leg crab.
The first day, they follow each other very well, very active. We were told not to feed them the first day, so we didn't. Here comes the second day and I have fed them a little of frozen brine shrimps, and the bigger one ate normally while the smaller one barely had any. If any, it would have been just a bite.
Since then, the smaller one has been hiding in the corner of the tank (bare open, not under the rock), not moving much and not eating either. It would swim right up to the food and turn around as if it's going to harm it. Meanwhile the other one is eating more and more each day, and swimming happily like before. The small one, however would start to swim when you trigger it somehow, and then goes back to the same spot. Often times, it points it's head downward and swim.
I brought some water sample to the store again to examine it, and turns out everything is still normal. I was advised to do a 10% water change and clean the filters, and with those being done just tonight, nothing has changed. The store told me they are not sure of what's happening either but that's the only thing they can advise me to do. During the middle of water change, when the 10% of the water was out, it got out of the corner the whole time. Right after the water change, it goes right back into the corner (different corner).
Having that said, being a aquarium newbe, I am very hopeless. I am really hoping it's because of the environment change, but I have a strong feeling that it's not. There's no visible change on the body of the clown, and they are not fighting either. Up until this point, the bigger clown still swims around the smaller one, acts like as if she's protecting him.
I should also add that it seems like the little clown is breathing through his mouth.
I need some help from you experts before it dies (It's been around 4 days)
Million thanks!
Chris