Are my clowns broken?

[LagunaGlide]

240 gallon tank. Currently 3 tangs and 3 clowns (2 black & white, 1 normal). The 2 B&W are pretty big. I would say full grown if not real close, and the orange is a good bit smaller. Not sure how long the three have been together because I bought the tank setup with fish. Anyhow all stay in the top back corner next to the overflow. They venture out to about mid tank back wall to eat, but otherwise never leave this post. The orange will venture off on his own to the other side sometimes, but always goes back. What is up with this behavior? They did this in this tank before the move, and did this in a buddies tank that he had setup to hold my fish in while I got this tank set back up. They pick a top corner of the tank and just stay there.... It's honestly like they aren't even in the tank most of the time.

 

[Potatohead]

It's pretty common if there is nothing in the tank to host them, nothing particularly wrong with it but if you got them an anemone or a hammer coral or something they may move to that.

 

[LagunaGlide]

It's pretty common if there is nothing in the tank to host them, nothing particularly wrong with it but if you got them an anemone or a hammer coral or something they may move to that.

Thanks for the reply. My daughter just got a tank in another state and my wife wants to give the clowns to her so we can get new ones because she thinks they will be different. I thought I would look into it a bit first. I didn't have clowns in my last tank, so unsure of their "normal" behavior.

 

[Potatohead]

Check out this video at the 24:55 mark

 

[Mr. Limpid]

That hilarious, is that upper right hand corner of your tank? I have a pair of Ocellaris that stay in the same spot. When they lay eggs the move down to mid tank corner.

 

[LagunaGlide]

Check out this video at the 24:55 mark

That is one heck of a tank... Was the Clown prison what I was looking for? I didn't hear why they were there, but seems kind of messed up

 

[LagunaGlide]

That hilarious, is that upper right hand corner of your tank? I have a pair of Ocellaris that stay in the same spot. When they lay eggs the move down to mid tank corner.

Sure is.

 

[Potatohead]

Not my tank, that is Sanjay Joshi's tank who is a member here and basically one of the founders of the hobby. In addition to the fish in the corner he also has a bunch of breeding pairs in the overflow which is probably the clownfish prison they were referring to.