clownfish behavior

I’ve recently got 2 juvenile clownfish about 4 days ago. I have a 16g fluval tank and I added the fish in but the larger one will not stop glass surfing. For the last 4 days the second the lights go on she goes BANANAS and glass surfs the entire right side of the aquarium and a little out in...

For some context I picked this tank up fully set up at reefapalooza this weekend in orlando i’m a little confused on what’s going on with this guy it’s a five gallon fully set up tank from the macro lady i was told since the clowns have permanently flared gills they can live in this tank for the...

I’ve had a pair of clownfish for about 4 years now, one female which of course being larger than the male - they’ve lived peacefully together and the female occasionally had showed its dominance. But the strangest thing is out of the blue the male has started bullying the female like he’s...

Hello everyone! I added an ocellaris clownfish to my tank last Friday June 20th todays June 23rd and it has not really eaten any food or shown any interest since that day. The tank is well cycled running for more than two months with live sand, live rock, etc. I also added Tisbe & Apocyclops...

Hello everyone, I have a question, that I hope I can find some assistance with on here. I included some photos below, or my female clownfish. I will say this is now the 3rd time she’s exhibited this behavior and it’s quite strange to me, but she basically will stop eating, abandon the male...

backstory, i had a few moments to spare yesterday and watched my two clowns for a bit to relax. noticed one was shaking so strange like a seizure, and it was my larger one. i PANICKED i truly thought she was dying but then 10 minutes later i saw my male do the exact same thing and many times...

My tank is about 2 months old & cycled - no ammonia, very low nitrites, and some nitrates, parameters are healthy & stable. I got 2 black storm clowns from my LFS last month. I originally only got one of them, but went back for the second the next morning - I hadn't really taken a look at it...

Hi everyone! I hope you’re all doing great. I’m currently looking for some advice from the community. In the photo below (see attached), you’ll see a couple of soft corals where my clownfish love to hang out. Unfortunately, I can’t keep anemones in my tank, so I’m trying to find corals that...

hi! I recently set up my first salt water fish tank- 20 gallons. I started with 2 clownfish in mid February. They have been doing great. 2 weeks ago I added a watchman goby and all was good. But yesterday I started noticing some funny behavior from one of the clowns- he was resting on the sand...

Just bought a pair of clarkii clowns today, the larger of the two is doing excellent while the smaller is acting odd, no signs of aggression from other tank mates. Came out earlier to him swimming at the top of the tank as shown in video 2, then came out later to check on him, FOUND HIM STUCK TO...

My male snowflake clown keeps doing this crazy burst of energy and starts shaking kind of but I’m scared something is irritating it⬇️

I got these 2 male clowns on Sunday as a mismatch pair, I’ve had this tank running for a couple months now and it’s all up to date with water conditions, light and temp. These are my Fiset clownfish and fist saltwater tank, so I’m very nervous and worry about anything with this tank. the black...

I suspect many others have witnessed this, but I want to hear the funniest or most interesting instances you have observed personally. My female maroon clown ALWAYS feeds the bubbletip anemone before herself when I feed frozen shrimp, but the funniest interaction I've seen was when I was...

Hi all, My clownfish has started twitching its head, as you can see in the video. I had two clownfish in there, but the first one did the same thing, twitching its head as well as clamped fins, breathing hard, and not eating, so I moved it to the QT tank, adding metroplex. The clownfish does...

Hello, I'm new to keeping clownfish and I noticed my clownfish acting weird. I don't really know what's going on and I can't find anything online to explain it. I thought at first it was just the behaviors of establishing who's dominate but then I noticed the bigger clownfish also twitching and...

UGH, I don't want to talk too much about it because it's still fresh and I am so heartbroken over waking up to one of my DaVinci (ocellaris) clowns dead this morning- I had grown quite attached to this little quirky fish and the clown pair they were together- got them at the same time and they...

Hi! I recently had my male clownfish murdered by an angelfish and got another clown the next day. I got a small orange storm clownfish from my lfs which was still in the bag of ORA. So technically he is from ora as he never touched the stores water. Anyway today is day 8 of not eating and really...

Hello, I am a new reefer and have 2 clowns at the moment with a bicolor blennirs in a 33 gallon tank. The clowns were getting along well until a few days ago when the smaller began swimming erratically and the larger began attacking the smaller. I was of the impression the larger was female and...

I have many torches and a LTA hosting a couple of Clarki Clowns. The bigger (2 inch) of the 2 Tomato Clowns bullies everything in the tank and i've seen her nipping at the LTA tentacles as well as the Torches. Every morning i have another torch eviscerated. I've seen her picking at the Torches...

Hello all, I’m new to the clownfish breeding scene and this is my first attempt at raising the fry. This group is on day 18 post hatch and have been moved to a 20g grow out tank since they are no longer on rotifers. Should I be worried that they are all schooling in the corner of the tank close...

Is this normal dominance behavior? I have linked to a video (trimmed from 3 min to 1): These two clownfish have been fine but recently the clearly bigger one is relentlessly bullying the smaller one. The assumed female is causing trauma to the assumed male (frayed fins, white mouth). Yet the...

Hello I have 2 yr old clownfishes which I have seen changes in behaviour. They are not keen in eating but will come up to say they are hungry and today just realised rather fast breathing I will attach a video of them both I hope I can get advice so can figure out what to do next. They don’t...

Hi all, I recently started my tank 1 month ago, and once cycled I added two juvenile, captive bred ocellaris clownfish from my LFS (one black and white one, one gladiator). The black and white one was slightly bigger, and was instantly more aggressive/dominant towards the gladiator. I know that...

I feel like the answer is probably a hard no, but I’m throwing out the question anyway. If I have a fully mature longfin domino ocellaris, and I add a baby-baby bicinctus, is there a potential for pair up? Or is it more likely that one will still inevitably kill the other? For context, right...

Hi all, I’ve had a pair of ocellaris for about a week now in my 15 gallon cube and noticed that my bigger one (Jess) has been breathing slightly faster than the smaller one (Nick). I’ve been experimenting with different food and they’re slowly warming up to Nutramar Gamma Complete Marine after...