Clownfish behavior

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Is this normal clownfish behavior. They only do this till I come in and then they swim around
 

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2 days. Tank is fully cycled. Tests have been 0 ammonia 0 nitrite for a while.
They will take a week or so to start swimming around. Every clown I have stayed in the corner for a lil while.
 

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Is this normal clownfish behavior. They only do this till I come in and then they swim around
Was that when they just woke up by chance?
 

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They both ate yesterday. The female with sometimes come off the wall and swim not vertical
Wall swimming is pretty common with clownfish, especially when you first get them. I don't see anything wrong with them in the video - they are not breathing quickly or anything. I will caution you though - with white clowns, it is more difficult to see skin parasites like brooklynella or ich, so keep a close eye on them.

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They will take a week or so to start swimming around. Every clown I have stayed in the corner for a lil while.
mine stayed in the corner the entire time i had them (years) - i think they were "hosting" it (i had clowns in other areas of the tank that stayed local as well)
 

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Is this normal clownfish behavior. They only do this till I come in and then they swim around
It looks to me that the current in tank may be a little excessive. Are they eating ?
 

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