Are my clowns gonna die????? Got them today

[zanemoseley]

Ok one of my friends who owns a LFS sold me 2 perc. clowns today for $25, he got me one which only has 2 stripes its so small it looks like a tadpole, the second is larger, I got both after he packed them in O2 about 2-3 hrs earlier, I acclimated them for about 1hr and put them in my cycled 10gallon quarantine tank, the SG is 1.025 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 20-30 about 81 degrees F, the small one looked to have a harder time acclimating and seemed more stressed out but after a few hours they were both swimming around exploring, tonight I got back from class after about 6 hours and the small one was swimming a bit and the larger one a lot but after the lights were out for a while they settled to the bottom and kinda rolled around on their side and stomach, the smaller one seems to be breathing hard and is rolling around a lot, I called my friend and he said they're probably just stressed and said to keep the lights out, so are they gonna die or not? I sure hope not since I've been waiting 2months for my Q tank to cycle

 

[dad]

I need more info on your tank. What type filtration system? Any water circulation? How long has the tank been set up?
Just a huntch but it sounds like they need air?

 

[ty_05_f]

LOL, im pretty sure they don't need air, but i know what your talking about. Your nitrates sound kind of high, but thats me. What water circulation do you have???

 

[dad]

When I say "air" I mean oxigen.
Nice to see an Okie on the board,

 

[zanemoseley]

its a 10gallon quarantine tank with only PVC structures and painted back and bottom, a penguin 180 hang on back filter for filtration and a maxijet 1200 for extra circulation and acutally also heats the water to about 81F, what are clowns suppose to look like when they sleep

 

[dad]

Well that blows my theory?
Hope someone can give you a better answer, sorry
I will do some searches and hopefully come up with something.

 

[saltynewbie]

im sure that the move was pretty tough on the little guy... keep us updated!

 

[fishman830]

mine lay down, since the couldnt find somehwere to go, i got a clay pot( 25cents for being broken and all) and put that it, and i got 2, so ones the clarkiis home and one is both the percs.

 

[overanalyzer]

You might want to get rid of the maxi-jet - that is an awful lot of movement for them to try and "sleep" through. Mine just hangout in a sheltered spot in the evening .....
with the penguin and hte maxi-jet 1200 you have a lot of motion in the water .... they need a spot with very little motion and just cutting the maxi-jet overnight would provide a calmer atmosphere for them to relax ....

 

[zanemoseley]

well the small one died overnight but the larger one is doing good, he's eating and swimming well today, I tested for ammonia from the dead one decomposing and it didn't read any but then again I am using PVC pieces so they have somewhere to sleep, I may have to spot at walmart and get a whisper 50watt heater

 

[ty_05_f]

Sorry to hear that. Sometimes it just happens. It was probably due to stress.

 

[doodle1800]

He's a friend and sold you them for $25 ? And one was the size of a tadpole?

 

[zanemoseley]

$25 for both total, he's gonna replace the one that died, he gave the small ones because I heard clowns pair better when you get them small

 

[zanemoseley]

btw the larger clown is still doing fine and eating well