[seamonkey]

How can I calm my sebae clown down. Last night his anemone closed up for some reason and my clown has been going nuts. He keeps trying to get in it and he also keeps banging himself off of rocks. Its realy odd I have never seen any fish act this way and I am afraid he's going to get to stressed.

 

[binylee]

Give him a budwiser
Just kidding...

 

[thefatman]

the erradic behavior sounds almsot like ammonia or nitrate stress?

tested the water today?

 

[Prismaco]

yes, test the water...

-Paul

 

[seamonkey]

Took the suggestions and checked my water .
Ph 8.3
alk 3.7
no2 .015
nh3/nh4 .16
no3 went completely nuts from last week from .68 to 20 I don't know what happened. other than my nitrates every thing is normal for my tank.

 

[thefatman]

ok i'm an idiot. what is no2, no3, and nh3/nh4?

 

[seamonkey]

Lol jay I guess I should be a bit more careful how I write things because most people don't go by chemical make up.
NO2 = nitrite
NO3 = nitrate
NH3/NH4 = ammonia

 

[thefatman]

lo lthanks. glad i ASKED becaue i was GOING to say:

"dude, in addition to all that, you should also test for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate" :funny: now THAT would have been funny! lol

 

[seamonkey]

:funny:

 

[Buzz_Hog]

You should have NO ammonia and no nitrite.... The tank is going through another cycle... It may be caused by adding new stuff to the tank....

 

[Buzz_Hog]

that or a die off of some of the beneficial bacteria's....