Normal Clownfish behavior?

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Hello everyone! I am new here and I have a question about the behavior of one of my Clownfish. Today I noticed my black and white ocellaris clownfish twitching near my smaller orange and white clownfish (I think I may have seen it twitch near my orange and white clownfish last week and the week before). I’ve had my black and white clownfish for 3 weeks now (I’ve had my other clownfish for about 2 weeks now.) and ever since I added it to my tank, every now and then it has gone to the left corner of the tank and has rubbed itself on the glass and that’s the only place where it has rubbed itself. At first I thought it might be a sign of Ich but I have not seen any spots. Yesterday I bought a Six Line Wrasse at Petco that I had to return after I got home since when I was floating the bag in my tank, I noticed quite a bit of Ich on it that I did not see when it was at Petco. There was a small drop of water on the outside of the bag that the wrasse was in that I tried to wipe off before placing the bag in my tank(I’m not sure if there were any other drops of water on the bag). Do you guys think that Ich could be introduced to my tank from that small drop of water or any other small drops of water? Or am I just overreacting? I am just wondering if my clownfishes behavior is a sign of Ich or if it’s just normal behavior. Below I have attached a video of my clownfishes behavior.
 

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Okay, thanks for replying! Also, were you able to watch the video of my clownfish? The video that I posted won’t play and it is showing a grey screen.
It worked for me as I'm on my laptop.

People have much more success when users post the video on youtube, and then share the link here.
 
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Twitching is a normal submission behavior with clown fish as they workout who will be the dominant female and who will remain the male.
 
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Twitching is a normal submission behavior with clown fish as they workout who will be the dominant female and who will remain the male.

Yeah I have heard that they do that but I thought that only the smaller clownfish twitch, which is why I thought it was weird that my larger clownfish was twitching. Thanks for replying!
 
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I actually don’t have a clam, after I posted I realized I had posted in the wrong area😂
Ahhh. I expected so see a “why is my clown hosting a clam” question 😂😂 I cant see the video but what you described sounds like bonding behavior as stated above!
 
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