My clown fish continuously stays in the top left corner of my tank. He also swims all different ways upside down, sideways and normal but mostly stays upright. I also have another clown fish in the tank who is completely fine except he always is like watching the other swim up top from the bottom of the tank. Please help I'm so confused??????
Clown fish question
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FishLipz
Cheap and Easy Reefer
Mine eat anything and everything from everywhere so as long as they are eating I wouldn't worry. Is the one "normal" one bullying the other? Maybe that's why it's retreated to the corner?
Squishie89
Glub Glub
My male is also a weirdo. He prefers to stay in the corner, right at the seam of the glass panels. He also sleeps in the corner vertical.
Sounds like your weirdo is a female, the normal one is the male.
Sounds like your weirdo is a female, the normal one is the male.
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NJHC
Active Member
In all honesty when a clown is primarily in the top corner he is being picked on or something is bothering him. I've seen of they usually jump ship and you find them on the floor a few days later
Squishie89
Glub Glub
Since I got them. Which was 11/20/12. I have talked to people about their behavior and the most likely culprit is that it is a 90g tank, these guys have been kept in small tanks their whole lives, and I have no other fish/water column critters so they are most likely a bit scared and think there is a predator out there. They seem happy and content with their corner, they like to chew on their rock getting it ready to be a nest. My water is good, not great, but I am working on keeping things more stable. And I have lids so no fish are leaving my tank.
Squishie89
Glub Glub
My tank is just new(ish)! Only started in September, and have been taking things very very slow.
But clown fish are just silly and weird. As long as they are eating and not sick, and seem happy, I would just leave them be. Not much you can do to make her swim differently anyway =P
Linkfalcon
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Mine stay at the top lol idk
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jds61403
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I've had 2 clowns in my 75 gallon for about two weeks now and they are quirky. They sleep at the extreme top left corner and move around a little during the day, sticking together at all times. Finding them at the surface every morning worried me but I think they are fine, as soon as they wake up they mostly hide under the overflow box during the day unless they think they are about to be fed. They came from a tank with a lot of corals and I don't have anything but Live rock, yet.
Swine
Well-Known Member
Yeah i use the same type of sinking pellets it seems. My diamond watchman goby eats them all up. Thats why Im a victim of over feeding. I put one pinch in then half of then sink or they just happen to be looking the wrong direction so i put another pinch in. Just use lots of small amounts of pellets and give them time to chew Haha
Oh and mine would swim near the top corners every now and then but once i got my bta they only swim near it
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Oh and mine would swim near the top corners every now and then but once i got my bta they only swim near it
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