is my snowflake goin to make it?

[superclown]

I picked up a pair of snowflakes from rit first day they both did fin. One of the 2 started after day 1 swimming inverted and it just seems like the little guy is struggling with swimming level and will not eat I got them wednesday so I am not paniking yet. However the other is eating no trouble.

I checked my ammonia and my nitrates. Ammonia is 0 nitrates is hardly any at all and all the other fish are fine. I double checked with rit and we both keep salt levels the same so no issue there do you think this may br swimmers bladder disease. I uploaded a short youtube clip.

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[smoothie]

Turn the lights off and let him calm down. Is he doing this towards the established bw clown or all over in general?

 

[superclown]

I had them in there own tank. I used cycled water, cycled sand stuck some cured base rock in a tank set it up with a gentle current from a small airstone later changed over to a power filter. Next day is when he started swimming funky. He has been doing this non stop don't think its the b/w clown doing it.

They are getting along and the other of the 2 swims freely with the b/w clown but the other that seems to be acting funny is just swimming non stop in this inverted pattern all around the tank at one speed. Kinda reminds you of the way a bumble bee slowly buzzes around. not really using his back fins that much to swim.

Not sure if I mentioned it but I moved them when I noticed this going on for a few hours yesterday. Water that I acclimated them with was the same water that was used in the other tank so I did a 20 min container float to get the temps the same and put them in the cube. I was not sure if something had caused a ammonia spike in the other tank. I know this is not exactly going to help reduce stress by switching tanks but I know the other tank is very established so I did this to see if it helped.

 

[ichthyoid]

They are prone to Brooklynella, also. Hope it's not that.

 

[spiderman097]

Does it swim like that all the time? Or just sometimes? Because it looks like it's showing submission towards the black and white ocelaris. Remove the black and white and see what happens

 

[superclown]

He died found him at the base of anemone this morning with no life left in him

 

[superclown]

Thx for getting in touch with me rit

 

[carpenter981]

that sucks man, hate to hear that

 

[superclown]

Im sure he will its just a matter of when I can get up there and if one will be held for me or not. These don't stay in the store long and usually by the time I can get up there the stock is already empty