HELP!!! My clowns are drunk!

dvs

dvs

Member
Ok, heres my story...
I came home from work yesterday to find my male clown swimming around like he was drunk (i.e., not swimming horizontally) like he couldnt swim straight and he kept swimming with his head pointing down.
Tonight, I just got home to find my female doing the same, not as bad. The male is still swimming weird.
My parameters
pH 8.2
NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 0
SG 1.024
Temp 80.0
Anybody have any ideas?
HELP!
 
dvs

dvs

Member
Update as of 23:20...
Female is now laying on the bottom of the tank, upright, more like resting than laying, and is breathing heavily. The male is on the other side of the tank swimming but not getting anywhere, who also appears to be breathing heavily as well.
Also, I dose with pH buffer, Ca, Coral Accel (every day/as needed) and with Essential elements once a week.
 
dvs

dvs

Member
Also should mention that I added a bag of Chemi-pure to my tank Wednesday.
The female appears to be swimming better, shes over with thte male now.
 
snipe

snipe

Active Member
Well first off you said you dosed stuff.
Also, I dose with pH buffer, Ca, Coral Accel (every day/as needed) and with Essential elements once a week.
Do you test for this stuff and is it really needed?
Also do you have anything breaking the surface of the tank? Like water or ripples on the surface of water? IF not then you "NEED" it it is depriving the fish of Oxygen and will kill them.
 
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ocikitty

Guest
What time of the day are they doing this? Are your lights out when doing this? If so they could be in a sleeping stage. My clowns would act like they were drunk if the lights were out and I turned them on quickly. Takes them a while to "wake up".
 
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