Clownfish won't eat

ScubaEthan

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I got two clown fish last weekend and they seemed to acclimate well and ate. I have OSI flakes and frozen mysis. I unfortunately had some car problems this week and had to go home to borrow my parent's car to go to work. I was worried about the fish not being fed but looked online and saw people would go away for weekends without feeding their fish and they were fine so I didn't think much of it. But I guess since they are still new, they didn't like not being fed for a couple days. I finally just got home and they aren't swimming as fast and look like they have either swollen cheeks or rings under their eyes. I gave them some flakes and they didn't eat. I put in a drop of garlic and they didn't eat. I put some mysis shrimp right by them and they looked at it but won't eat.
My tank is 12g and has been set up for a few months. These are the first fish to go in. I was in the hobby a few years ago and had a few fish and they all did fine. This is the first tank I've set up since getting back in the hobby.
The parameters are the same but the temp has dropped from just over 80 to about 76. I am in Atlanta and the outside temperature has dropped dramatically over the past couple of days. My heater still works and I turned it up some.
I was supposed to go out of town this weekend but I guess not anymore.
Now what do I do?
Thanks for the help
 
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