Chaotic Clownfish… stung by a Siganid?
I have a maroon clownfish that has been in my tank for the last two years. He has always been very peaceful and healthy. Yesterday I was cleaning some algae off the glass in the tank and he nearly jumped out. Startled, when I looked back into the tank he was swimming wildly in all directions, upside down, sideways, summersaults… as though he had completely lost control of his body. He was scratching himself up on the live rock and the other fish started to get aggressive towards him because he was swimming so erratically. I quarantined him to a corner of the tank so he wouldn’t hurt himself, but over the past day and a half his condition has not improved and he continues to swim sideways, upside down, and in circles. I have tried to feed him but he doesn’t even notice the food, and now his color is starting to lighten. The only thing that I can think of is that when I was cleaning the tank the fish became agitated and he was somehow stuck with venom by the Foxface that is also in the
