clown behavior

Hello guys I had this tank for the last few months already running everything is fine but these guys started acting like this in exact corner between torch and zoas for the last are they trying to host the rock or are they doing something else? Thank you

Hi all, I’m new here. Hope the OGs can help out I just added an orange storm clown to my tank (size around 2-2.5 inches), while I already had another black ice clown (i think) which is relatively smaller around 1 inch, added about 2 weeks ago. Currently there are only these 2 clowns and 4...

Hello I’m sorry to say the romance is gone. I have a pair of Maroon Clown fish and they have been enjoying wedded bliss for 2 years. Unfortunately now the female has started nipping the males fins and tail and he has been kicked out of her territory. Is there anything I can do? Or is he going...

Hi all! I got my first saltwater aquarium and did the fishless cycle I added my first set of clowns yesterday. When I first added them after acclimating for about 15 to 20 minutes and then slowly dropping water in their bags for my tank I finally let them in their new home. They stayed at the...

So I had a pair of clowns for a while and my male died recently so I bought 3 new clowns for the tank to add with my female however after about 2 weeks one of the other male clown shot up in size and bullied the other two smaller ones, my old female hangs out with the other big one constantly...

I started my reef tank about month and a half ago. Every part of the process went smoothly and I was just excited to get fish. I have a 24 gallon 3-1 rectangle by Lifegard Aquatics. I got my two Mai tai clowns a week ago. Though last 3 or 4 days I noticed the male having a ton of tattered fins...

I’m sad to say my female pink skunk clown lost a battle to an oversized emerald crab last night :( My question is do I keep my male (orange skunk) and try adding the pair of blackfoot rose skunks that got donated to my lfs a while back, or do i rehome him and get a pair of clarkiis like ive...

My 2 ocellaris clowns introduced to a new tank at the same time about 3 months ago. Larger one is all the sudden being extremely aggressive. I know this aggression is super normal but at what point do I intervene and remove the aggressor. This has been going on for about a week now and...

Recently moved my tank so while I had my clowns out of the tank I did the fish bowl method of putting them in a bowl with their new nem. They successfully ended up inside of it and they were interacting with it and everything, but when I put them in the tank again, they only stayed with it for a...

I have a clownfish that has been hovering slightly above the sand and now laying on the sand for about 3 days. I’ve checked for visual evidence of sickness and can’t find any. The breathing seems fine and it was never bullied. However, the symptoms still show signs of sickness. She eats but...

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Hi everyone, I have 2 issues i need some advise on. I’m experiencing a persistent bacterial bloom in my 75L RedSea nano reef tank and could use some advice. Here are the details of my setup and current situation: Tank Size: 75L nano reef Cycle Status: Cycle completed two weeks ago Livestock...

Hi all, I need an explanation for what happening please. I’ve had this Clown couple for a week now, they’ve been doing very well and eating like pigs ever since I brought them home but this morning they were acting strange. Instead of starting to explore a few minutes after the lights turned...

Hello all! Just wondering why/is it okay that my pair of clown fish are doing this everyday! I have had them for about a year and an half and they just stared doing this? I checked everything in the tank and everything checked out okay! I even brought them a little black home which they sleep in...

Hi everyone, I’ve had this anemone for about 3 weeks now and it’s been travelling all over the tank since then, I tried burring it in the sand, but to no avail. It always end up on its side. About a week ago, one of my clown fish bonded with the anemone, the second clown has been staying away...

Hello, I was finally able to record my dominate clownfish shaking against the sand bed. I’ve had her for two months and the only other fish is an other clown I had for 3 weeks. I’m pretty sure she started this behavior 5 days ago because I was able to notice the sand bed looking different. She...

Hey, new to the hobby here, tanks about 3 months old, I have a pair of clowns, the female has been pretty aggressive with the male, nipping his fins and such so I separated him in a little isolation box so he could relax for a few days, as I do not have a separate tank, but now the spots I...

Hello, my dominate clown has been rubbing its lower body against the sand bed at night and I’ve never seen this before. I’ve had it for two months and the only other fish is another clown I’ve had for 3 weeks. Should I be worried?

So two days ago I found my female clown on the floor and my male in the rear filtration chamber on my tank. It was obviously too late for my female but I put my male back in the display tank and even though he was clearly looking for her all day which breaks my heart he was physically fine. That...

So I've had a pair of clownfish for over a month, last week I decided to change where my gyre was positioned to have some better flow in the tank, one of the clownfish is swimming all over the tank and hanging out with a blue hippo tang, the other one has been swimming on one corner like of its...

Hi, Clown fish in third day of hiding. I've had a valentini puffer in my 30 gallon tank for about two weeks. I ran out of food for two days and my mandarin goby went missing. The first day I had the puffer, it devoured my emerald crabs. Now my typically belligerent clown fish (had for about a...

I observed several discolored patches on one of my clowns with white spots in the center of each patch. The white spots appear raised. It doesn’t look like ich so I am trying to determine what this is. This is my male and he does get roughed up by the female occasionally (the reason for his...

Wondering if anyone wants to share their lesser known goby duos out there? Anyone ever had a clownfish hang out with their watchman goby before? I have kept watchman gobies before with pistol shrimp and have them be buddies with other goby species but this is my first time seeing one of my two...

My clown fish everyday just will go to the top of the corner they like and just bite the water, it sounds like smacking water. Does anyone know why they are doing this. They stop towards later at night and if you approach the rank they will stop.

My clownfish has been swimming vertical (head up) for only today. Last time I had a pair of clowns, one of them died this way. Is there anything I can do? (I checked pH and Ammonia and both of those are fine)