swimming

does anyone think this could be swim bladder disorder? i can't find much online about this for saltwater fish. anyone dealt with this before?

 

no he looks fine to me clown fish have very weird swim patterns

 

it used to swim normal before the power outage though. and it is constantly like this now.

 

I have seen that behaviour in wrasse, blennies and a lot of other spp. but not in clownfish. I would just try to provide very stable parameters including temp and salinity. Lowering the temp as mentioned will mean that more oxygen can dissolve into the water. This can also cause problems for an already stressed fish, as temperature swings can cause a lot of stress for fish. As long as your skimmer is working, oxygen levels shouldn't be a problem.

 

A lot of fish do swim like that when exploring rock faces.

 

This does not look like a swim bladder problem to me. The fish doesn't look too buoyant or look like it's sinking.

 

if its constantly than u most likely r having sme kind of issue but im not sure what try rescaping just to make sure hes having an issue and its not sum mating call or territorial dance

 

i don't have a skimmer yet as it's a new 80g FOWLR, but i have enough flow, lots of surface agitation and 2 airstones. also the water volume is alot for 1 small clown.
i hope everything works out. i'm just worried b/c i lost the other clown.

 

have u checked ur salinity ? hydrometer or refractometer

 

hydrometer , 1.023. took readings 5 times to ensure accuracy. i didn't do anything that could affect salinity. just a small water change, but i used my regular measurement with the usual salt.