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[Lopsideful]

My clownfish is about to die! He is laying on his side breathing heavily! IDK what to do, i tried to do a water change to see if it was the nitrates or something but that didnt help please help fast he only has a few minutes :frustrat:

 

[rdahlke1105]

I know someone is going to ask, but what are your water parameters?

 

[Lopsideful]

Ph, is like 8 and idk nitrates

 

[BL1]

How long has he been in the tank? Have any of the other fish been picking on him? What about ammonia?

 

[Lopsideful]

He has been in for about 2 months, a different one died about 2 weeks ago and he has been fine until a few days ago he was getting lower and lower to the botttom of the tank and now he is almost dead, idk about ammonia

 

[Lopsideful]

He is the only fish in the tank

 

[rdahlke1105]

When was the last time you tested? If it has been awhile, I would test. There may be nothing you can do. Do you have a quarantine tank you could put him in?

 

[Lopsideful]

I tested like last week, no i dont have a quarantine tank,

 

[Lopsideful]

I think there is nothing i can do now, thnx alot guys, 20 bucks down the drain :P

 

[Bifferwine]

I'm sorry to hear about your fish. Usually, if they are that bad, it's too late. :cry:

 

[rdahlke1105]

It is sad to see our pets go, but I think I would still test that way you can get the water back into range if its out before you get another fish.

 

[Lopsideful]

Does anyone know why this was caused?

 

[rdahlke1105]

You know as well as I do they are going to ask you what your water parameters are. LOL But sometimes there is no known reason for something like this. I'm not saying that this is the case though.

 

[BL1]

You need to test everything

Temperature
Salinity
Ammonia
Nitrites
Nitrates
Stray voltage

There's really no way we could tell you what happened just by you telling us the fish was breathing hard.

 

[PRC]

Does anyone know why this was caused?

What do your test kits say? Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia,

 

[Bifferwine]

Do you have enough water movement (powerheads) in your tank?

 

[Lopsideful]

@BL1 Hey, dont get an attitude with me

 

[PRC]

@BL1 Hey, dont get an attitude with me

Was this directed at me? Oh I see it was at BL1...

 

[Lopsideful]

@PRC haha no it was @BL1 i asked what the cause may be as to why my fish died

 

[rdahlke1105]

@BL1 Hey, dont get an attitude with me

I don't think he meant it as an attitude. He was just stating that they do need the parameters in order to help you figure out what happened.