Unhappy Clown

[nickyc88]

I'm a bit worried about one of our clownfish. It's the more dominant of the 2 but recently has been very quiet, slightly off her food and now appears to be gasping and not moving about so much. Her mouth seems to be constantly moving - particularly compared to the other fish. She's staying near the bottom though. Any thoughts? The tank parameters all seem fine, there have been no big changes other than a new skimmer which works much better than the old one. Added an airstone for a while thinking it might be oxygen but no change. Not sure what to do!

nickyc

 

[Lynden]

Gasping... could be gill flukes or an ammonia/nitrite spike. How are the other fish?

 

[nickyc88]

The other fish look fine! There aren't many of them, but the other clown looks good and the gobies are behaving normally. The other clown keeps trying to get her to play, but she's not interested. Will read up about gill flukes and do some more tests, but the parameters have been fine

 

[nickyc88]

Gutted. She died

Thanks for advice though - will be keeping a close eye on the others.