Hi folks. A few days ago, I jumped headfirst into a SW reef tank (no, not literally).
The tank had been established for over a year, and was told that it was very health by the LFS - they did the monthly maintenance on it.
I brought it back to my place, and set it all up. Everything has gone very well, though its only been 3 days. The salinity, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, all check out well. The PH is at 8.0, and I believe it should be 8.2.
There are two clownfish (a tomato and percula), a sailfin tang, fiji devil damsel, 3 anemones, a sea cucumber, numerous starfish, mushrooms, and corals. It is a 55g setup. Fluval filter, 3 power heads, protien skimmer.
Since we set up the tank, the percula clownfish has been swimming near the top with his mouth constantly open. He hasn't closed it once. I asked a person at the LFS about it, she confirmed my thoughts that it just might be stress. However, I wanted to get a few other opinions here. She did recommend doing a water change, which I plan to do this afternoon (probably 15%). I'll recheck the PH after adding B-Ionic with the water change.
Anyone have any thoughts on what else I could do for the clownfish?
Thanks,
Chris
The tank had been established for over a year, and was told that it was very health by the LFS - they did the monthly maintenance on it.
I brought it back to my place, and set it all up. Everything has gone very well, though its only been 3 days. The salinity, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, all check out well. The PH is at 8.0, and I believe it should be 8.2.
There are two clownfish (a tomato and percula), a sailfin tang, fiji devil damsel, 3 anemones, a sea cucumber, numerous starfish, mushrooms, and corals. It is a 55g setup. Fluval filter, 3 power heads, protien skimmer.
Since we set up the tank, the percula clownfish has been swimming near the top with his mouth constantly open. He hasn't closed it once. I asked a person at the LFS about it, she confirmed my thoughts that it just might be stress. However, I wanted to get a few other opinions here. She did recommend doing a water change, which I plan to do this afternoon (probably 15%). I'll recheck the PH after adding B-Ionic with the water change.
Anyone have any thoughts on what else I could do for the clownfish?
Thanks,
Chris