Male Clownfish

[MaxwellSilver]

Is it normal for a male clownfish (ocellaris) to swim on its side most of the time and not eat? He has been like that for 4 days now. The female is healthy though.

[Xadieu]

Did you add any fish recently?

Mine does it too from time to time, I was told that's what clowns do sometimes. If you don't see anything wrong with him then he should be fine. If you see him struggling to breath that's a sign of an infection.

[MaxwellSilver]

The only problem is it hasn't been eating.

[Xadieu]

That's bad if he's not eating, he may be sick you should watch him and you may need to quarantine him if it's getting worse.

[michaelis88]

Maybe try other food? Flake, pellet, frozen shrimp or live shrimp etc