Clown acting weird

rbaldino

Active Member
About half an hour ago I noticed my false perc clown swimming rather erratically. He's going in circles and seems to be struggling with the current, or at least working hard. I took a closer look, and his belly is rather bloated. Now, I haven't feed my fish since yesterday, so I'm wondering what's going on. Maybe he ate something off a rock, or maybe a hermit or snail? Could it be something else?
 

captainemo

Member
Mine has been acting the same. He started out doing it here and there. Yesterday he acted perfectly fine. Today he is doing it again. Mine is not bloated, and he was eating fine. I see nothing wrong with him on the outside.
I hope I don't lose him.
 

xokarmaxo

Member
Wow, sounds like what mine was doing a few days before. He always swam "excitedly" whenever I walked into the room, and he seemed to always have trouble with the current, but he was a tiny false perc. His belly got bloated, the middle and backside of him looked thin. He ate fine, and I would notice that between feedings, he would hover over my live rock and pick at things that he saw. Sometimes it looked like he would eat something off of it, sometimes he would spit it out. I thought that all of this was normal and maybe it is, but this morning, I found him on the bottom of my tank. My hermit crab had just gotten to him after he died. When I removed him, there was not a mark on him, no spots, or anything. I don't know what killed a "seemingly happy and healthy" fish. My parameters were all fine and other tank inhabitants are fine. His belly still looked bloated though, so maybe he ate something "bad" off of one of the rocks? I don't know....
Good luck with your little one and do let us know if anything happens.
 
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