Clownfish Acting Erratic

[salty420]

i'm jumping on the nitrite poisoning boat too...

 

[myfishbrian]

So is there any way to counteract nitrite poisoning?

Also he is not hanging out at the top a lot. He kind of backs behind one of my ornaments mostly.

 

[sharkmatt]

Best way to counteract the nitrites is water changes. Your biological filter should catch up fairly quick.

 

[myfishbrian]

Well I just checked the nitrites which are at 0 now, and the nitrates are at 40.

 

[sharkmatt]

Thats alot better, although you could do with dropping the nitrates a bit, they aren't going to kill the fish at those levels though. Continue monitoring the nitrite levels just to make sure they don't jump again. If they do spike, do a water change. Hopefully now the nitrites are gone, the clown will start acting a bit more normaly (whatever normal is for a clown). Keep monitoring. If he's eating and active, all should be fine.

 

[myfishbrian]

Thanks a lot for the help. I just fed him some brine shrimp and he enjoyed that.

 

[sharkmatt]

It's good he's eating but try and get him on something more nutritious than brine shrimp. Fish love them but they have vitually no nutritional value, something akin to burgers lol! Try feeding him some Mysis shrimp, they're much better. Glad he's looking better.